"Whether it will be contained or not, this outbreak is rapidly becoming the first true pandemic challenge that fits the disease X category."
— Marion Koopmans

January 1, 1970

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On the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, as quoted in Coronavirus May Be ‘Disease X’ Health Experts Warned About (February 21, 2020) by Jason Gale, '