Pandemics

California has declared a state of emergency. The bird flu could become a global pandemic.

We are in a race against the clock.

At the back of the line

If Norway does not quickly become part of the EU health community, Norway could end up last in the vaccine line if a new pandemic strikes us.

Norway can, Norway should: Take the lead in halving premature death by 2050

Norway has played a leading international role in global health during the last 25 years, contributing to saving millions of lives. How should this work be continued? An expert committee, led by Camilla Stoltenberg, has released a report examining Norway's opportunities and challenges in global health up to 2050, providing recommendations to Norwegian policymakers.

Should vital health care be put up for auction?

The most important thing we can do to reduce the damage from a new pandemic is to prevent it.

Exploring COVID-19's Controversial Origins

A new pandemic is on the stairs

And it could be much worse than the COVID-19 pandemic.

A lab leak may have started the corona pandemic

The corona pandemic has been the biggest global crisis of our time. It has cost millions of lives, trillions of dollars and inflicted countless other negative consequences on society. The origins of the pandemic remain an unanswered question. In this document, we review the available knowledge. Based on this, we assess it as of June 2024, as most likely that the pandemic was the result of an accident at a research laboratory in Wuhan, not from natural contagion from animals at the wet market close by. We also point out how both the political and scientific system have failed in dealing with the issue and thus stood in the way of designing a knowledge-based preparedness and prevention policy for future pandemics.

Weapons, Plague and Gold - Opportunities and Threats of New Biotechnology

The twin revolutions in biotechnology and artificial intelligence will, in the future, dramatically increase the ability of humans to decode and program genetic code. This gives us the ability to design completely new biological functions and organisms - called synthetic biology. Synthetic biology will, over the next few decades, create trillion-class values and help us solve challenges in climate, animal welfare, food supply, medicine, vaccines, biomaterials and many other areas. At the same time, synthetic biology can have disastrous consequences either as a result of mishaps or intentional damage. In order to harness the enormous benefits that biorevolution can bring us, while avoiding the greatest dangers, we need to develop precise and ambitious policies. Download the memo to read more about this topic. If you would like to read the memo that specifically deals with the origin of the corona pandemic, you can find it here: www.langsikt.no/en/publikasjoner/lablekkasje.

Høringsinnspill til Totalberedskaps-kommisjonen

Senter for langsiktig politikk viser til høringsbrev av 16. juni 2023 der Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet ber om innspill til Totalberedskapskommisjonens utredning NOU 2023:17 Nå er det alvor - Totalberedskapskommisjonen.