Intensity and frequency of extreme novel epidemics | PNAS

Intensity and frequency of extreme novel epidemics | PNAS: Together with recent estimates of increasing rates of disease emergence from animal reservoirs associated with environmental change, this finding suggests a high probability of observing pandemics similar to COVID-19 (probability of experiencing it in one’s lifetime currently about 38%), which may double in coming decades.

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