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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
WHO finally admits Coronavirus 2019 is a Global Emergency
2020-01-31
[BBC] The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China.

"The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries," said WHO chief
Chip Diller
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
[a man who deserves to be fired without severance pay or a pension IMO; just three days ago he said there was nothing to worry about].
The concern is that it could spread to countries with weaker health systems.

The death toll now
[11am EST 30 Jan 2020]
stands at 170 people in China.
The official toll, at any rate. Heaven only knows what the real toll is.
Posted by:lord garth

#3  I really don't need to listen to WHO or the MSM when to worry. I have common sense.
Posted by: Chris   2020-01-31 09:49  

#2  just three days ago he said there was nothing to worry about

SS, Plague Edition
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-31 07:34  

#1  ...given (1) they only start the count when they start paying attention and there isn't time to waste to go back to see if it appeared earlier and (2) the reluctance in any bureaucracy to send very bad news up the chain of command cause no one want's to be messenger in an autocratic system.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-01-31 07:20  

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