Contents Part I. Introduction Preparing for the Next Pandemic Identifying Airborne Transmission as the Dominant Route for the Spread of COVID-19 Asymptomatic Transmission, the Achilles' Heel of Current Strategies to Control Covid-19 Part II. The Origin in China Pangolins Harbor SARS-CoV-2-Related Coronaviruses The Epidemiological and Clinical Features of COVID-19 and Lessons from this Global Infectious Public Health Event Authoritarianism, Outbreaks, and Information Politics China's Diplomacy and Changing the COVID-19 Narrative Part III. Europe First Cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the WHO European Region, 24 January to 21 February 2020 Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality: Are Comorbidities to Blame? Nudges Against Pandemics: Sweden's COVID-19 Containment Strategy in Perspective Herd immunity or suppression strategy to combat COVID-19 Part IV. United States and Canada Public Health Response to the Initiation and Spread of Pandemic COVID-19 in the United States, February 24-April 21, 2020 Characteristics of Persons Who Died with COVID-19 - United States, February 12-May 18, 2020 States Divided: The Implications of American Federalism for COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place Orders Reduced COVID-19 Mortality and Reduced The Rate Of Growth In Hospitalizations Strong Social Distancing Measures in the United States Reduced the COVID-19 Growth Rate Understanding COVID-19 Risks and Vulnerabilities among Black Communities in America: The Lethal Force of Syndemics Early Signs Indicate That COVID-19 is Exacerbating Gender Inequality in the Labor Force Visualizing the Geographic and Demographic Distribution of COVID-19 Part V. Latin America and Africa In the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil, Do Brown Lives Matter?" The Colliding Epidemics of COVID-19, Ebola, and Measles in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa in the Path of Covid-19 Part VI. Resolution Why do countries respond differently to COVID-19? A comparative study of Sweden, China, France, and Japan How Pandemics End.