Estimated cost of recent epidemics/pandemics:
SARS (2003) - $40 billion
H5N1 (2006) - $40 billion
H1N1 (2009) - $45 billion
Ebola (2014) - $55 billion
COVID-19 (2020) - $8.8 TRILLION
Investing in public health preparedness is FAR cheaper than the economic impact of a pandemic.
Growing narrative of a lower risk of transmitting #COVID19 through fomites (inanimate surfaces or objects) than previously thought.
Greatest risk is prolonged close contact with infected person while indoors.
The last paragraph is gold: https://t.co/t40yVBQ7x3