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WHO says war in Ukraine will increase Covid transmission, putting large numbers of people at risk of severe disease
CNBC ^ | 3/3/22

Posted on 03/03/2022 5:45:35 PM PST by Tipllub

e WHO on Wednesday said the mass displacement of people in Ukraine will increase Covid transmission, warning that large numbers of people are at risk of severe disease as oxygen supplies are critically low.

“Infectious diseases ruthlessly exploit the conditions created by war,” Dr. Bruce Aylward, a senior advisor at the WHO, said during a press briefing in Geneva, warning that refugees are particularly vulnerable to severe disease and death in wartime.

At least three major oxygen plants are now closed in Ukraine due to the fighting, according to the WHO. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said medical supplies delivered to Kyiv before Russia invaded the nation are currently inaccessible. Tedros called for a safe humanitarian corridor to deliver critically needed medical supplies to Ukraine. There’s also a shortage of cancer medicine and insulin, according to the WHO.

The WHO director added the mass displacement of people will increase Covid transmission, also putting increased pressure on health-care systems in neighboring countries.

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KEYWORDS: chinavirus; ukrainewar
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1 posted on 03/03/2022 5:45:35 PM PST by Tipllub
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To: Tipllub

At least we got that going for us, which is nice.


2 posted on 03/03/2022 5:46:56 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: Tipllub

And climate change and white supremacy too.


3 posted on 03/03/2022 5:47:18 PM PST by Luke21
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To: Tipllub

WHO needs to be completely defunded.


4 posted on 03/03/2022 5:47:22 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: Tipllub

But we’ll all wear our masks and properly social distance in our nuclear bomb shelters, so it should all even out in the end.


5 posted on 03/03/2022 5:47:44 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If truckers quit their jobs, society would collapse. If politicians quit their jobs...HALLELUJAH!)
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To: Tipllub

Next thing one knows, high prices for gasoline will be blamed on Ukraine


6 posted on 03/03/2022 5:48:28 PM PST by no-to-illegals ( The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them)
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To: Tipllub

That’s a really lame attempt for such an inept and worthless corrupt organization to get attention 🤪


7 posted on 03/03/2022 5:48:29 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Tipllub

Oh, f**k off, WHO.


8 posted on 03/03/2022 5:49:19 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: MotorCityBuck

You know the Dali Lama, too?


9 posted on 03/03/2022 5:49:29 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: Tipllub

Sounds like WHO is put out because COVID isn’t dominating the headlines anymore. “Hey guys, don’t forget about us! COVID and stuff!!”


10 posted on 03/03/2022 5:49:54 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domi/i><p>! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia! )
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To: fidelis

Is this bug more dangerous than nuclear war?


11 posted on 03/03/2022 5:50:41 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Tipllub

That’s what kept the 1918 pandemic going...troops coming back and forth. We’ll see.


12 posted on 03/03/2022 5:51:07 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Tipllub

Of course say that.

From my observation, Putin ended Covid and deserves the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine.


13 posted on 03/03/2022 5:51:53 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Tipllub

Dangit, and Biden had it almost all under control too.


14 posted on 03/03/2022 5:51:54 PM PST by skeeter
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To: crusty old prospector
Gunga Galunga, and a Baba Booey to You! ;)
15 posted on 03/03/2022 5:52:54 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: Luke21

“And climate change and white supremacy too.”
Yup, we know their frequency.


16 posted on 03/03/2022 5:53:13 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: metmom

They lied to us early in Covid, Jan 2020 IIRC, that it didn’t spread by Human-human transmission. They were coving for their CCP buddies.


17 posted on 03/03/2022 5:53:41 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Tipllub

I’m starting to think Putin did this on purpose, to knock the teeth off of the New World Order. They’re really hurt covid & climate change are not dominating the news.


18 posted on 03/03/2022 5:53:49 PM PST by Magnetar
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To: Tipllub

Its ok, the radiation from the nuke plant the Russians shelled will stop the COVID


19 posted on 03/03/2022 5:54:21 PM PST by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will. )
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To: Tipllub

Fom the Bee, right?


20 posted on 03/03/2022 5:54:53 PM PST by epluribus_2
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