Disease X Lockdown 2024. What is ‘disease x?’ it’s the somewhat mysterious name for an illness caused by a presently unknown, yet serious microbial threat. Disease x is not a specific disease but is the name given to a potential novel infectious agent.
The concept of disease x allows people to proactively work in those viral families, to start thinking about how they are transmitted, how they impact the human. Global health experts are sounding the alarm on the need to prepared for the hypothetical emergence of a deadly new pathogen, dubbed disease x.