And governments plan to start reacting in 2028, and to stop caring in 2029

Maybe this one will teach us something.

There are reasons for optimism: vaccines and antivirals should be effective against avian influenza, and the world is far better prepared thanks to lessons learned from COVID, particularly in diagnostics and global surveillance.

That's a very optimistic take on the lessons from COVID. Cause the lessons that I learned from political leaders was "Fuck the pandemic protections, the economy must be protected." and "Science is wrong about everything."