Fra [[den sorte død]] over [[SARS]] til [[COVID-19]] har verden været udsat for et dusin pandemier.<ref>[https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/a-visual-history-of-pandemics/ History of Pandemics 2020]</ref><ref>[https://www.livescience.com/worst-epidemics-and-pandemics-in-history.html 20 of the worst epidemics and pandemics in history. Livescience 2020]</ref><ref>[https://qz.com/1820233/what-past-pandemics-can-teach-us-about-responding-to-coronavirus/ What we’ve learned from past pandemics.Quarz 2020]</ref> En FN-organisation for biodiversitet og økosystemer anslår i 2020 at der er 850 000 vira i verden, der kan forårsage fremtidige pandemier.<ref>[https://www.sciencealert.com/to-avoid-an-era-of-pandemics-we-must-protection-nature-un-warns To Avoid an 'Era of Pandemics,' We Must Protect Nature, UN Warns. ScienceAlert 2020]</ref> [[Coronavirus]]pandemien [[COVID-19]] vil ikke være den sidste pandemi.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52775386. Coronavirus: This is not the last pandemic. BBC 2020]{{Dead link|date=januar 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Nipahvirus]] anses for at kunne blive årsag til den næste pandemi.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830995/  Nipah virus: epidemiology, pathology, immunobiology and advances in diagnosis, vaccine designing and control strategies – a comprehensive review. Veterinary Quarterly 2020]</ref>
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