Posted on 04/21/2020 5:38:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Only a tiny proportion of the global population – maybe as few as 2% or 3% – appear to have antibodies in the blood showing they have been infected with Covid-19, according to the World Health Organization, a finding that bodes ill for hopes that herd immunity will ease the exit from lockdown.
“Easing restrictions is not the end of the epidemic in any country,” said WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a media briefing in Geneva on Monday. “So-called lockdowns can help to take the heat out of a country’s epidemic.”
But serological testing to find out how large a proportion of the population have had the infection and developed antibodies to it – which it is hoped will mean they have some level of immunity – suggests that the numbers are low.
“Early data suggests that a relatively small percentage of the populations may have been infected,” Tedros said. “Not more than 2%-3%.”
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, an American infectious diseases expert who is the WHO’s technical lead on Covid-19, said they had thought the number of people infected would be higher, but she stressed it was still too early to be sure. “Initially, we see a lower proportion of people with antibodies than we were expecting,” she said. “A lower number of people are infected.”
On Friday, a study carried out in Santa Clara, California by Stanford University and released as a “pre-print” without peer review, found that 50 to 85 times more people had been infected with the virus than official figures showed.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
The Bill Gates view? /MSN
Okay China.
The W.H.O. now has the same reputation as CNN. In other words, if W.H.O. says no herd immunity, then we must be close! :)
Why are we suddenly being flooded with negative stories?
The Trump “pills” don’t work.
WHO says barely anybody has immunity.
There’s a LOT of fear being perpetrated here.
How would WHO know how many people worldwide have antibodies to the virus? They are full of crap.
That’s because it’s being proven day after day after day that the Trump pills DO work; and that millions and millions and millions of people DO have immunity.
These people are becoming desperate, and it shows. What does a liar fear the most? Being exposed.
Good to see after totally screwing up their job with the virus that the WHO undertook global antibody testing and have the results to back them up. whew , exoneration. /S
“Not more than 2%-3%.”
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That sounds about right for the % of people who still believe the WHO.
How are we to get herd immunity if we are sheltering, and being anti social? We should have the kids back in school.....
Profound, what is the WHO’s budget? With 120% certainty I could have proclaimed the same and been 100% right and I make nothing doing so.
There has not been enough testing to know this. IOW, WHO is speaking politically not scientifically.
Tedros is a propagandist for the ChiCom thugs.
It’s all coordinated by the left. It is truly amazing in how they do it just when there was a sliver of hope. They don’t even hide it. The last two days has been RECORD DEATH,NOTHING Trump does is working or will work and this is far from over. WHO just mouth pieces the Chicom talking point as does the American swamp media.
WHO = LIARS
David Nabarro, who lost out to Tedros to head WHO.
he is an Imperial College London academic and former special adviser to the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change?
19 Apr: Bloomberg: World Health Guru Says Don’t Bet on Covid-19 Vaccine
By Suzy Waite
David Nabarro, professor of global health at London’s Imperial College and an envoy for the World Health Organization on Covid-19, offered the warning as the number of U.K. hospital deaths from the virus surpassed 15,000.
“Some viruses are very, very difficult when it comes to vaccine development - so for the foreseeable future, we are going to have to find ways to go about our lives with this virus as a constant threat,” he said...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-19/world-health-guru-says-don-t-bet-on-covid-19-vaccine-observer
like Imperial College’s Neil Ferguson, Nabarro preached lockdowns. praises China:
26 Mar: Imperial College London: David Nabarro says coronavirus challenges can be averted with rapid action
by Stephen Johns
The WHO’s coronavirus special envoy and Imperial (College) academic David Nabarro says the challenges faced by Italy and Iran can be avoided with rapid action...
Last month, the Director General of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, asked Dr Nabarro to help coordinate Europe’s response to the pandemic...
“Once this dramatic increase has taken place, drastic action – like restricting all movement – is needed to stop it. So, it makes sense to act robustly and rapidly so as to avoid getting to this stage.”...
Dr Nabarro said: “China’s people and health services, local and national governments, and numerous other groups within Chinese society, have pulled together and succeeded in reducing the numbers of new cases and limiting the number of casualties.
“In China the levels of human suffering and death rates have fallen thanks to skilful repurposing of health systems, the exemplary engagement of the people in the response and effective coordination among all engaged in the response.”...
Prior to joining Imperial, Dr Nabarro was the Special Adviser to the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. He played a key part in the analysis and development of the Sustainable Development Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/196373/david-nabarro-says-coronavirus-challenges-averted/
when even the Greens turn on China, is there a chance FakeNewsMSM will stop claiming only Trump is anti-China?
22 Apr: Bloomberg: China’s Coronavirus Diplomacy Has Finally Pushed Europe Too Far
by Alan Crawford and Peter Martin; With assistance by Patrick Donahue
EU is looking to diversify supply chains to cut China reliance
5G, strategic investments in focus after ‘offensive’ approach
Diplomats talk of mounting anger over China’s behavior during the coronavirus pandemic including claims of price gouging by Chinese suppliers of medical equipment and a blindness to how its actions are perceived. The upshot is that Beijing’s handling of the crisis has eroded trust just when it had a chance to demonstrate global leadership.
“Over these months China has lost Europe,” said Reinhard Buetikofer, a German Green party lawmaker who chairs the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with China. He cited concerns from China’s “truth management” in the early stages of the virus to an “extremely aggressive” stance by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing and “hard line propaganda” that champions the superiority of Communist Party rule over democracy...
While the Trump administration has resumed its swipes at China, European officials are traditionally less willing to be openly critical, in part for fear of retribution. The fact that politicians in Berlin, Paris, London and Brussels are expressing concern over Beijing’s narrative on Covid-19 hints at a deeper resentment with wide-ranging consequences...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-21/china-s-coronavirus-diplomacy-has-finally-pushed-europe-too-far
Van Kerkhove is an "expert"?
Jan. 14 2020
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove
Another "expert" who has a track record of being very wrong. Why should we listen to her opinion about antibodies?
Correct me, if I am wrong.
We know some people are “asymptomatic”. Doesn’t that mean the have been exposed to it....but do not display any symptoms? And it apparently does not evolve into full blown Corona-Virus?
I missed where there had been widespread testing to find out an accurate percentage.
WHO's Tedros Adhanom Should be Tried for Crimes Against Humanity (video 13:55)
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