Question: Is Corona a pandemic of the century or is there a risk that the next pathogen will appear soon?

Birgit Herden: We are talking about a pandemic of the century because there has not been such a destructive pandemic since the Spanish flu, and that was around a century ago. But when mutations will again lead to a similarly dangerous or even more dangerous pathogen is unfortunately a coincidence, it could happen again soon. One can only hope that the attempts and programs to quickly identify and contain new pathogens will be intensified and more successful in the future.