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WHO says it no longer uses 'pandemic' category, but virus still emergency
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Posted on 02/24/2020 5:53:22 AM PST by janetjanet998

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.

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What a joke!! Magically and suddenly they don't use that term anymore

yet here is the "Pandemic" levels on their website for the flu https://www.who.int/influenza/resources/documents/pandemic_phase_descriptions_and_actions.pdf

1 posted on 02/24/2020 5:53:22 AM PST by janetjanet998
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Just heard this. This is an insane and dangerous decision.

I’m stunned.


2 posted on 02/24/2020 5:55:35 AM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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Dow futures are down 832 points this morning no matter how it’s labeled. This is taking Trumps line of how’s your 401k’s doing away from him. Libs are ecstatic I’m sure.


3 posted on 02/24/2020 5:57:26 AM PST by lilypad
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The word “pandemic” is offensive to Panamanians and Zamphire.


4 posted on 02/24/2020 5:59:39 AM PST by NativeSon ( What Would Virginia Do? #WWVD)
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To: SE Mom

Those who control language seek to control thought.

One of my favorite examples:

https://blog.ap.org/announcements/illegal-immigrant-no-more


5 posted on 02/24/2020 5:59:46 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: janetjanet998

We dont have anything to worry about. All asians act in a responsible manner and we couldnt possibly catch it from them. So says an idiot on another thread. So dont worry about it spreading.

They wont spread it .

And all those 5 million Wuhan escapees before lockdown are self quarantining themselves somewhere. Never to spread it. Ahem..


6 posted on 02/24/2020 5:59:55 AM PST by RummyChick
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Same people that decided to change “terrorist attack” to “man-caused disaster” are at work here.


7 posted on 02/24/2020 5:59:59 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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“Just heard this. This is an insane and dangerous decision.”

WHO has been carrying China’s water, complementing the Xi regime at every opportunity. China wants travel and commerce to re-commence as their economy, and thus, Xi’s continued hold on power, is at stake. Xi doesn’t care how many foreigners die as a result. (I don’t think Trump will be fooled. But he will face renewed attacks from our press for being “unreasonable.”)


8 posted on 02/24/2020 6:03:26 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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Damn! That was close!

I knew us panic-driven extremists were wrong claiming this would be a pandemic. Close call, nearly was one.

...but all is well now! LOL.


9 posted on 02/24/2020 6:04:44 AM PST by BobL (If some people here don't want to prep for Coronavirus, they can explain it to their families)
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“yet here is the “Pandemic” levels on their website”

For what it’s worth, dictionary.com’s definition of ‘pandemic’ is that it is widespread — over a continent or multiple continents. Nothing about its seriousness.


10 posted on 02/24/2020 6:06:21 AM PST by cymbeline
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what is the leading factor in dying from the corona virus?

Beck said it was communism. if you get the corona virus and you are in a communist country, you are more likely to die from it.

like 90% of the casualties are from communist countries.


11 posted on 02/24/2020 6:06:23 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world)
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It’s a burgeoning PANDEMIC, and is a VERY LONG WAY from even peaking. Screw the commie WHO.


12 posted on 02/24/2020 6:09:27 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Abe Lincoln once asked his son Tad, “if you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?”

Tad thought about it a moment and replied “5.”

Lincoln replied “It has 4, calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”...


13 posted on 02/24/2020 6:19:54 AM PST by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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I only saw -807. What was the lowest number it dropped to?


14 posted on 02/24/2020 6:21:05 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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Dow futures are down 832 points this morning no matter how it’s labeled. This is taking Trumps line of how’s your 401k’s doing away from him. Libs are ecstatic I’m sure.

The average voter will not blame Trump for a pandemic; especially one that originated in China. In fact, the Dims are now accusing Trump of racism for wanting to halt people coming into the country from China. Their woke rejection of common sense quarantine rules will remind everyone of how worse the spread of the disease will be if we ever get a Prog in the White House.

15 posted on 02/24/2020 6:29:27 AM PST by HandBasketHell
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Revelation 6:1-6. I’m sensing.


16 posted on 02/24/2020 6:30:30 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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WHO says it no longer uses 'pandemic' category, but virus still emergency

They are frantically paging through a Thesaurus to find another suitable politically correct non defamatory 'safe' word.

17 posted on 02/24/2020 6:30:56 AM PST by Don Corleone (The truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth)
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Yea!They no longer use the word “Pandemic”any more than they use the word Chinese flu.

They can’t hurt anyone’s feelings.


18 posted on 02/24/2020 6:33:17 AM PST by puppypusher ( The world is going to the dogs.)
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“like 90% of the casualties are from communist countries.”

Let’s chat about the number this time next year.


19 posted on 02/24/2020 6:34:55 AM PST by Black Agnes
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WHO chief Tedros says not seeing uncontained global spread or large-scale deaths from coronavirus at the moment - Reuters


20 posted on 02/24/2020 7:15:04 AM PST by janetjanet998
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