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The blank slot on WHO's list forced scientists to name Disease X
A Geneva committee left a blank on the WHO threat list - months later the placeholder matched a real outbreak. Disease X?
The blank slot on WHO's list forced scientists to name Disease X
In this episode, we follow how a deliberate gap in the World Health Organization’s R&D Blueprint moved from theory into practice as an unexplained cluster of pneumonia cases resisted every diagnostic category. The episode traces the committee’s decision, the scientists who argued for the placeholder, and the early signs that something unknown was spreading - so what happened next?
Person: Marion Koopmans…
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