The Next Pandemic or: how we can change habits in order to outlast and overwhelm the rich bastards who are profiting off our misery

In the face of overwhelming greed, it’s more important than ever to make a stand.

Odin Halvorson
4 min readAug 16, 2023

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As we create further damage to the Earth’s ecosystems, destabilization will make room for more unique diseases. Rising heat, worsening living conditions (disproportionately for the poorest humans), and the destabilization of predatory ecosystems will all lead to more diseases, not fewer.

The Global Health Security Index measures one-hundred and ninety-five countries for their preparedness for further pandemics.

Of those 195 countries, how many do you think are prepared?

  • Half?
  • A couple of dozen?

What if I told you that the answer was “none?” That not a single country on the planet is capable of effectively handling another pandemic — especially not one that is worse than Covid-19.

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Odin Halvorson
Odin Halvorson

Written by Odin Halvorson

A futurist/socialist/fantasist writer, editor, and scholar. MFA/MLIS. Free access to my articles at OdinHalvorson.substack.com | More over at OdinHalvorson.com.