Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says

Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by harrier on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:28AM (#22556085)

The population density of Hubei is over 9x that of the United States, the quality of care is better in the United States, and there was basically no action taken for the first 2 months of the outbreak.

"it's plausible that more than half of the population could get it, and leaders of many western countries have acknowledged that."

Will there ever be apologies for spreading mass hysteria?

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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by PeterisP on Thursday March 12, 2020 @02:22PM (#22559957)

Will there ever be apologies for downplaying justified warnings and saying "it's just the flu" with dire consequences?

E.g. in a recent turnabout Vice President Mike Pence said today that there has been “irresponsible rhetoric” from people who have downplayed the seriousness of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak.

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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by harrier on Thursday March 12, 2020 @04:14PM (#22561247)

Will if Mike Pence says it, then it must be true.

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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by dang on Thursday March 12, 2020 @06:01PM (#22562311)

Please don't post unsubstantive comments here.

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