Thomas L. Friedman: One year later, we still have no plan to stop the next pandemic
Thomas L. Friedman: One year later, we still have no plan to stop the next pandemic We have destroyed the natural systems that protect us from disease. A researcher catches a bat to measure inside Sai Yok National Park in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, July 31, 2020. Researchers in Thailand have been trekking though the countryside to catch bats in their caves in an effort to trace the murky origins of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) By Thomas L. Friedman | The New York Times | March 17, 2021, 3:00 p.m. Imagine that in December 2019 country X had a nuc...