What If Military Budgets Were Spent On Healthcare?

Given the threats presented by geo-political tensions, regional conflicts and terrorism, not to mention the vital obligations of disaster relief and humanitarian work, there is plenty of justification for a large military budget. However, with the coronavirus now responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths across the world, what would happen if large portions of military budgets had been set aside in preparation for a pandemic such as COVID-19? Greenpeace asked that very question after SIPRI published its latest data. Its results are undoubtedly interesting but of course it has to be said that nobody could foresee what specific medical equipment would be necessary to contain the next global pandemic. Read more.