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Pandemic series: a major naturally-originated pandemic by 2026?

result: yes

43
4949 comments
238
238 forecasters
ResolvedYes

Will at least 5 non-passengers be linked to the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak before August 2026?

1% chance

3
5151 comments
202
202 forecasters
1%chance

Will WHO declare hantavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern before 2027?

1% chance

5
1818 comments
104
104 forecasters
1%chance

Will WHO declare the spread of monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern before 2023?

result: yes

27
4141 comments
143
143 forecasters
ResolvedYes

Which countries will confirm Clade I mpox infections before January 1, 2025?

2121 comments
19
19 forecasters

Will the WHO announce a non-H5N1 pandemic before 2040?

50% chance

11 comment
9
9 forecasters
50%chance

Respiratory Outlook April Update: Measles Surge Slows as Flu Season Ends with Likely Moderate Severity

5
0 comments

How many human infections of monkeypox will be estimated to have occurred before 2023, worldwide?

104k (80.3k - 160k)

37
7979 comments
218
218 forecasters
104k
(80.3k - 160k)

Will there be any reported human-to-human transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 globally before 2026? โ†’ Will CDC report 10,000 or more H5 avian influenza cases in the United States before January 1, 2026?

77 comments
25
25 forecasters

Will WHO Disease Outbreak News publish a new mpox-related item before May 1, 2026?

result: no

108108 comments
109
109 forecasters
ResolvedNo

Will USDA license HPAI H5 vax in dairy cows by July 1, 2025?

1313 comments
17
17 forecasters

Will CDC report 10,000 or more H5 avian influenza cases in the United States before January 1, 2026? โ†’ If at least 200 human cases of H5 are confirmed in the United States before 2026, what will the estimated case fatality rate (in percent) be in the US?

1010 comments
21
21 forecasters

Will the WHO announce a non-H5N1 pandemic before 2027?

5% chance

3
1212 comments
25
25 forecasters
5%chance

How many cattle will be culled because of an infectious disease outbreak, in the largest such occurrence, between 2021 and 2023?

8967 (2609 - 34.2k)

7
44 comments
42
42 forecasters
8967
(2609 - 34.2k)

What will be the global annual death rate (per 100,000 people) from infectious disease in the following years?

8
33 comments
61
61 forecasters

Respiratory Outlook May Update: Low Chance for Hantavirus Spread as Measles Forecast Drops Again

3
0 comments

How many infections of novel Henipavirus will have occurred before 2023?

104 (55.7 - 446)

11
33 comments
15
15 forecasters
104
(55.7 - 446)

Ragnarรถk Question Series: If a global catastrophe occurs, will it be due to biotechnology or bioengineered organisms?

22% chance

33
2727 comments
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229 forecasters
22%chance

Will the undiagnosed disease currently spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo be identified as COVID-19 before January 7, 2025?

13% chance

5252 comments
29
29 forecasters
Ambiguous

Pandemic series: reported theft of a potential bioterror agent in US by 2020?

result: no

2
33 comments
101
101 forecasters
ResolvedNo

Pandemic Series: new mosquito-borne pathogen by 2019?

result: no

9
44 comments
83
83 forecasters
ResolvedNo

Will the WHO declare an avian influenza virus in humans a Public Health Emergency of International Concern before 2030?

53% chance

13
22 comments
96
96 forecasters
53%chance

Will there be a novel pathogen that kills over 25 million people between 2022 and 2031 (inclusive)?

5% chance

43
3434 comments
301
301 forecasters
5%chance

What type of pathogen will cause the next pandemic?

19
55 comments
152
152 forecasters