Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says

Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by pier25 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:19PM (#22548613)

Ok, the WHO has to wait until it's a pandemic to declare it a pandemic. But if it's already a pandemic how does that help?

Wouldn't it be better if the WHO actually helped prevent the pandemic in the first place?

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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by beaunative on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:42PM (#22548893)

I'm pretty sure WHO is involved early on along with the Chinese authories when they first spotted it. They are already helping.

WHO is merely declaring matter of fact about the virus's spreading. Which is kind of it's primary function, to declare things and publish reports so the governments can act on them. They can't really do much beyond that.

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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by pier25 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:45PM (#22548935)

> Which is kind of it's primary function, to declare things and publish reports so the governments can act on them

Thanks for clarifying, I thought the WHO was more like a global CDC.

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