The report was on the desk of the president of the United States as of 2008. Page 75, a box titled “possible release of a global pandemic” was already warning the resident of the White House, Barack Obama at the time, the risk of the emergence of a new respiratory disease, “virulent” and ” highly contagious “. And referred to the name of the family of “coronavirus” (generic term of virus ranging from the common cold to influenza, H5N1, editor’s NOTE).

French Translation of the page 75 outcome of the report “global trends 2025” by the national Council of information a…