|
Inmate Central Inmate Central, where civil and family-friendly discourse about off-audio topics (other than religion and politics) is welcome. |
|
|
|
Inmate Central Inmate Central, where civil and family-friendly discourse about off-audio topics (other than religion and politics) is welcome. |
|
In Reply to: Not actually the way it happened. posted by Batman on March 19, 2020 at 19:06:13:
"Yes, there was a four day delay (DEC 26-Jan1) in the Chinese alerting the WHO/CDC.
...
The 1918 influenza became known as the Spanish flu because the government hid the true nature of the outbreak from the world ...""There is no excuse for not knowing what was going on!"
Hmmm.
The real "delay" was not the "four day delay (DEC 26-Jan1) in the Chinese alerting the WHO", it was the active suppression of information, punishment and censorship of doctors and other whistleblowers who sought to raise early alarm, failure of Chinese government officials to report information about the infection of 15 health workers and clear evidence of human-to-human transmission and failure to share the basic public health information that took place before DEC 26.
Look at the timeline chart that you posted. The first confirmed case of this coronavirus was DEC 8, 2019.
From the foreignpolicy.com article "The Multilateral Health System Failed to Stop the Coronavirus
Reforms in 2005 were meant to stop nation states covering outbreaks up. They didn't work." (Link below):
"... WHO has the authority to name and shame those nations that do not comply with the IHR requirements on outbreak detection, trade and travel bans, and enforcement of human rights. According to leading political scientists, WHO's naming and shaming efforts send credible signals that affect member states' behavior during a crisis situation.Yet the revised IHR did not stop the Chinese government from actively suppressing information that might have slowed or stopped the coronavirus outbreak. Local police punished and censored doctors and other whistleblowers who sought to raise early alarm over the novel coronavirus. Between Jan. 12 and 20, government officials chose not to report information about the infection of 15 health workers and clear evidence of human-to-human transmission. The government also failed to share the basic public health information that might have helped thousands of Chinese people avoid infection themselves. Instead, it held potluck banquets for 40,000 families to celebrate Lunar New Year and offered tens of thousands of tourists free coupons for events in the city of Wuhan, where the outbreak originated. By Jan. 23, six other countries had confirmed coronavirus cases, but the spread of undiagnosed cases was likely greater.
WHO has also been slow to exercise its emergency authorities under the IHR. Amid reports of Chinese opposition, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus did not pronounce the coronavirus to be a public health emergency of international concern until Jan. 30, when the outbreak had already spread to 19 countries on four continents and infected nearly 8,000 people worldwide.WHO has advised against travel or trade restrictions on countries experiencing coronavirus outbreaks, deeming them ineffective, but has done little to criticize the dozens of countries, including the United States, that have nevertheless imposed bans. And instead of naming and shaming China for its cover-up, WHO has opted to focus on events after Jan. 20, lauding extraordinary measures that China took to slow further spread of the outbreak The "world owes China a great debt," a WHO official recently said, suggesting that other countries should follow China's lead in containing the virus' spread.
In fairness, many have defended WHO's response as pragmatism based on the need to continue to work with China on the coronavirus and as a measure of solidarity amid a costly and tragic outbreak. Those defenders also rightly note that WHO has done much that deserves commendation. WHO has shared timely and science-based insights about this novel virus, warned against international overreaction, shared its technical expertise with affected countries, demonstrated transparency in its daily, livestreamed press briefings, and worked diligently to marshal resources to help prepare low- and middle-income nations for a potential pandemic."
"All thoughts are prey to some beast" - Bill Callahan
"I'll be your mirror
Reflect what you are" - Lou Reed
"Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth." - Albert Einstein
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- RE: "Not actually the way it happened." You can say that again. - Krav Maga 03/19/2021:10:10 03/19/20 (0)
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
