OUR GOALS
The economic fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic is estimated by the United Nations to be several trillion [1]. With a total investment of less than 0.1% of the cost of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Global Virome Project can accomplish the following:
Detect and identify the vast majority of zoonotic viral threats to human health and food security
Characterize the geographic scope and host range of viruses (evolutionary and transmission hosts)
Identify behaviors and practices that potentiate spillover, allowing for the targeting of risk mitigation measures
Establish a global surveillance network through local and global capacity enhancements (e.g. surveillance, field biology, lab proficiencies, biosafety)
Improve the high-risk virus watchlist for further investment into transmission and pathogenicity characteristics
Establish a legal, regulatory and ethical framework for sample, data, information and benefit sharing