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Skybird · 05-12-21, 06:15 AM

Der Spiegel writes:

"The World Health Organization (WHO) and governments around the world reacted too slowly to the first warning signs of a possible health threat in the past year. This is the conclusion drawn by an independent commission of experts appointed by the WHO in a report presented in Geneva on Wednesday. "The Commission has come to the conclusion that the system as it currently exists is not suitable to prevent a pandemic from developing with a new and highly contagious pathogen that could emerge at any moment," the report says. The pandemic, with its terrible effects, "could have been prevented".

At the end of December 2019, China reported the accumulation of an unknown lung disease in Wuhan. The WHO only declared an "emergency of international concern," the highest possible level of alert, on January 30th. This obliges countries to take precautions. The WHO only spoke of a pandemic on March 11th. According to the WHO health regulations, unlike the declaration of the "emergency", this actually has no consequences. In retrospect, however, that was just the psychologically necessary boost to properly put governments on alert. Many countries would have wasted the month of February 2020 instead of taking precautions against the spread of the virus."

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,501 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	*Der Spiegel* writes: "The World Health Organization (WHO) and governments around the world reacted too slowly to the first warning signs of a possible health threat in the past year. This is the conclusion drawn by an independent commission of experts appointed by the WHO in a report presented in Geneva on Wednesday. "The Commission has come to the conclusion that the system as it currently exists is not suitable to prevent a pandemic from developing with a new and highly contagious pathogen that could emerge at any moment," the report says. The pandemic, with its terrible effects, "could have been prevented". At the end of December 2019, China reported the accumulation of an unknown lung disease in Wuhan. The WHO only declared an "emergency of international concern," the highest possible level of alert, on January 30th. This obliges countries to take precautions. The WHO only spoke of a pandemic on March 11th. According to the WHO health regulations, unlike the declaration of the "emergency", this actually has no consequences. In retrospect, however, that was just the psychologically necessary boost to properly put governments on alert. Many countries would have wasted the month of February 2020 instead of taking precautions against the spread of the virus." __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.