Posted on 02/24/2020 4:26:00 AM PST by DannyTN
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization no longer uses the term pandemic, but the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak remains an international emergency that is likely to spread further, a spokesman said on Monday.
Fears of a coronavirus pandemic grew after sharp rises in new cases reported in Iran, Italy and South Korea, although China relaxed restrictions on movement in several places including Beijing as its rates of new infections eased. ...
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Ok...who is upset by the word pandemic?
I think it’s a case of the man who missed the boat, declaring he doesn’t use boats anymore.
In case anyone had any doubts about the utility of any UN organization whatsoever. Just another global organization corrupted by incompetent deep global statists. US out of UN and UN out of the US.
You can’t have a pandemic if the word is disappeared. Makes sense to me.
They are avoiding something. Protocols of nations and corporations call for this and that to be done when WHO calls a pandemic, and there is something they want to avoid. But why?
Good to see that this won’t be a pandemic after all. Wonderful job, WHO!
(between this stunt and declassifying Pluto as a planet really ticks me off)
Wake me up when 10% of the WORLDS population has been infected. Then I’ll start thinking about a pandemic.
Until then, follow good hygiene guidelines, stay away from crowds and knock off the travel to the far east.
Chocolate rations are up.
'pandemic' ?
Nyet, comrade, Nyet !
Who trusts WHO?
FWIW, I don’t.
Just when you thought that the WHO couldn’t possibly become more of a corrupt joke.
It is probably a legal term of art. It would mean certain specific things internationally.
Similar perhaps, to the way our Congress hasn’t declared war since 1941, though there’s been no particular shortage of armed conflict since that time.
Our betters can pull all kinds of wankery without running afoul of the laws about consorting with the enemy.
Probably some pandemians find the term pandemic offensive. It obviously sounds pandemeophobic.
If thy word offend thee, pluck it out...Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
Our "betters".
If they fear a word so much they are attempting to remove it, imagine how they feel about US!
Perfect!
Add 'stock up'.
Yup! Raised from 25 to 15 grams/week.
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