POLITICO Get the POLITICO Nightly newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Beatrice Jin | POLITICO PREVENT DEFENSE — The U.S. has already spent more than $2 trillion responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Dealing with a pandemic after it hits is extremely costly, both in resources and human lives. Instead, to squash the next pandemic before it even starts, scientists say we should be focusing more money and attention on the unsuspecting source of most emerging diseases: animals.