On Pandemics

In December 2019, a large-scale outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, China. Within just a few months, the virus rapidly spread across the globe, with the number of infections and deaths climbing relentlessly. As of today, over 150 million people worldwide have been infected, and more than 3.3 million lives have been lost. How did this pandemic begin? And more importantly—can humanity learn from it to prevent history from repeating itself?