WHO calls on all nations to ‘pull out all the stops’ to fight coronavirus: "This is not a drill."

CNBC ^ | Mar 6, 2020 | Berkeley Lovelace Jr. , Noah Higgins-Dunn

[Lazamataz]

The World Health Organization on Thursday called on all nations to “pull out all the stops” to fight the COVID-19 coronavirus as it continues to spread outside of China.

“This epidemic can be pushed back but only with a coordinated and comprehensive approach that engages the entire machinery of government,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press briefing at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva. “We’re calling on every country to act with speed, scale and clear-minded determination.”

Tedros said world health officials are “deeply concerned” about the increasing number of countries reporting cases, especially those with weaker health-care systems. He’s also worried that some countries aren’t taking this seriously enough or have decided that there’s nothing they can do to curb local outbreaks.

“This epidemic is a threat for every country, rich and poor. And as we’ve said before, even the high-income countries should expect surprises,” he said. “We’re concerned that in some countries, the level of political commitment and the actions that demonstrate that commitment do not match the level of the threat we all face.”

“This is not a drill. This is not the time to give up. This is not a time for excuses. This is a time to pull out all the stops,” he said.

[Mariner]

A day late and a dollar short.

[JoSixChip]

You Too?

[Hieronymus]

I think that the phrase comes from Organ playing, in which case it makes sense.

[Blue Highway]

This is similar to the Amazon delivery map, and when it says 3 stops away, you need to be prepared.

[circlecity]

I’m starting to smell BS. At first I thought maybe a coverup could be going, primarily in China but in cooperation with most of the West to prevent panic. Now it smells more and more like they are going overboard trying to manufacture a panic. These responses and panic are more akin to Captain Trips than a flu virus. My bet is that in 3..2..1 we’ll hear the call far and wide for trillions in global appropriations to fight this “existential threat.” [insert scary music here with pictures of dying children and puppies]

[P-Marlowe]

Brought to you by the global warming panic producers.

[Hieronymus]

Other than a completely random act of God, that is the only explanation that seems to make any sense. I’d argue for it on the basis of Ockham’s razor. The thing is just too weird and has too many bugs that would be a bio-weapon feature to not have been somewhat engineered.

[mrsmith]

The time to “pull out all the stops” was when we could contain it.
At that time this China-owned fool was telling us to do nothing.

[Grampa Dave]

My guess is that his idea of the first step is to give WHO lots of money.

[vigilante2]

Stops are pulled, what would we do without who.

[DannyTN]

France gave up early on. Now their cases are booming.

[null and void]

"This is not a drill."

THIS:

Is a drill!

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.

[DannyTN]

I pick March 14th.

[Freedom4US]

Gee, maybe somebody can invent a time machine real quick?

Because the time to “pull out all the stops” was maybe 2 months ago. That ship has sailed.

Thanks guys.

[null and void]

Thank the Lord.

And Mother Abigail, who did all she could to prepare us for things like this!

[Truthoverpower]

Snore

wake me up when this is over OK?

[Freedom4US]

To do nothing, that’s what. “That’s not who we are”.

Schedule a press conference, and have the deputy assistant undersecretary for Emergency Management Sector R-3.2 admonish everyone to wash their hands.

[DannyTN]

Boy who cried wolf

That's the problem with the political scares like Global Warming.

We don't believe a real crisis is coming when there is one.

"It wasn’t until very much later that afternoon, that the boy sent to take over the shepherding from Peter found dead sheep’s bodies strewn all over the hillside, and Peter still up there in his tree, whimpering, that the villagers found out there really had been a wolf this time."

[DannyTN]

better late than never.

[DannyTN]

68 new cases in the US today.

1st cases in Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, Nevada, Tennessee.

And first cases in San Francisco.