The Importance of Principles in the International Health Regulation

"We basically have entered a world where one organization has the power to decide how we deal with a serious threat," he says. "If they get it right, well, great, you know, all's well and off we go ... But if they get it wrong, it means that the catastrophe is magnified." He adds: "I think that gets actually to the real heart of the philosophical issue,. let alone the legal issue".