Key points from article :
Rapidly moving, highly lethal respiratory pathogen could kill 50 to 80 million people.
According to first annual report authored by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board.
Could be naturally occurring, deliberately created, or accidentally released.
Convergence of scientific advances, global transportation, and global warming leading to global catastrophic biological risks.
Lack of political will to prepare.
Report makes several scientific, financial, and social recommendations.
