People wearing protective masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way during rush hour at a railway station in Tokyo, Japan, July 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
CNET: 'We'll be living with masks for years': COVID-19 through the eyes of a pandemic expert
Since the summer of 2019, I've been speaking with one of the world's leading pandemic experts about what a global outbreak could look like. Now, as the world enters a grim new phase, he says we're in a whole new ball game.
Eric Toner has been planning for a pandemic for years. He's briefed world leaders on outbreaks and how to best prepare entire nations for mass casualties. He's simulated epidemics in real time and studied the world's response to major global health emergencies like SARS and the 1918 influenza pandemic.
But nothing could've prepared him for how the COVID-19 pandemic would play out.
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WNU Editor: I agree. From now on I will be wearing a mask when I travel on a plane.
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What you really need is a Vorlon encounter suit.
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