Mark Gongloff, Columnist

Covid Is Just a Practice Run for the Really Bad Germs

Bacteria continue to outrun drugs — mostly because we aren’t paying nearly enough to win the race.

January 27, 2022 at 5:02 PM EST

Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

What if coronavirus, but worse?
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Two years and 5.6 million deaths into the worst pandemic in a century, I know what you’re thinking: When can we have a real global health crisis?

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