What are you doing to prepare for Disease X? If you are like most people, probably nothing. This is likely the first you are hearing of Disease X. However, if you spent mid-January in Davos, your answer may have included improving healthcare infrastructure, investing in vaccines, and promoting a pandemic treaty that may or may not threaten state sovereignty around the globe.

Yes, at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting this year, Disease X, which is the place-holding name for any undiscovered pathogen with pandemic potential, was on the agenda, and our global ruling class made it clear they are planning ahead.