'Disease X': International Pandemic Treaty Would Fund Abortions and Curtail Freedoms, Critics Say

'Disease X': International Pandemic Treaty Would Fund Abortions and Curtail Freedoms, Critics Say

World Health Organization leaders are warning about "Disease X," the temporary name for the next pathogen that will ravage the globe in the future. WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said last month that another global pandemic, possibly much deadlier than the COVID-19 pandemic, could be here sooner than we think. With that backdrop, he's urging member countries to approve a so-called Pandemic Treaty touted as a way to prevent, prepare, and respond to the next worldwide pandemic. The 32-page draft is posted on the WHO website. "Anything happening is a matter of 'when,' not 'if,'" Tedros said. "So we need to have a placeholder for that, for the diseases we don't know that may come. And that was when we gave the name Disease X."