WATCH: Dr. Fauci calls for increasing global coordination to stave off climate change caused pandemics

"When you think about sadly having to prepare for this again, right" Todd said, "and I know there's a lot folks who think that due to climate change, the globalization in general, it's inevitable we're going to deal with more and more viruses like this. The biggest lesson you're going to take away to prepare for the next one?"

"Y'know there are a couple of lessons, Chuck," Fauci opined, "there are lessons domestically, there are lessons public health-wise, scientifically. Let's take global to begin with. We have to have a better global health security network. Of interconnectivity, of communication, of transparency, so that we are talking to each other all the time and know what's going on.

"We also have to have a continued investment in the science, if you want to look, Chuck, at the success story in this terrible year, has been the extraordinary, unprecedented advance of the vaccine. In 2020, we started the process, and 11 months later we had a highly efficatious vaccine going into the arms of individuals, which is gonna be the answer to this as well as public health measures.

"So keep the science up, continue to support the public health infrastructure, and remain global in our interactions. As I've said so many times a global pandemic requires a global response."