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| WHO admits error. Upgrades Warning on Wuhan CoronaVirus | |
| 2020-01-29 | |
| [ScienceAlert] The World Health Organization, which has sometimes been criticised for its handling of past disease outbreaks, admitted an error on Monday in its risk assessment of China's deadly virus. The Geneva-based UN agency said in a situation report late Sunday that the risk was "very high in China, high at the regional level and high at the global level." In a footnote, the WHO explained that it had stated "incorrectly" in its previous reports on Thursday, Friday and Saturday that the global risk was "moderate". The correction of the global risk assessment does not mean that an international health emergency has been declared.
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| Posted by:lord garth |
| #12 ...from the Yale medical school? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-01-29 19:51 |
| #11 Top... |
| Posted by: charger 2020-01-29 19:08 |
| #10 ^thanks |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB 2020-01-29 17:08 |
| #9 grom tpg is probably going by the johns hopkins univ gis website |
| Posted by: lord garth 2020-01-29 16:42 |
| #8 Ouch, swksvolFF! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-01-29 15:43 |
| #7 To be fair, they were asked while the Primo was being served; still have secondo e contorno, insalata, the formaggi e frutta, dolce, and the all important digestivo. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-01-29 14:18 |
| #6 Source PG? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB 2020-01-29 11:56 |
| #5 242 cases have run their course: 132 fatalities and only 110 recoveries. The rest of the infected are still in the pipeline, so to speak. |
| Posted by: The peanut gallery 2020-01-29 11:50 |
| #4 gestation period for this virus is not fully known - it is suspected to be days to weeks we do not yet know if or how the virus can spread during the non symptom period we do not yet know the extent that treating the symptoms will save patients lives we do not yet know if any other the existing anti viral agents are effective in treatment as long as the Chinese are in charge of this our ability to understand this is limited |
| Posted by: lord garth 2020-01-29 08:27 |
| #3 How's that 'open borders' thingy working for you? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-01-29 07:12 |
| #2 So, going back to stone ages because, maybe - just maybe - CO2 causes global warming, is OK. But with an epidemic that can kill millions we have to be super duper sure. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-01-29 02:17 |
| #1 The problem with waiting until you are sure is that when you are sure, you realize you shouldn't have waited. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-01-29 01:03 |