WHO is bought out by the CCP, take what they say with a grain of saltI really don't understand the WHO. For starters, they've been publicly praising China to the skies in a way that seems a bit odd. Now they are quoting death rates that completely ignore all the uncounted infection cases, and thus putting out questionable high numbers that are going to alarm everyone.
And then at the end they say
"what we have been genuinely heartened by is that unlike influenza, where countries have fought back, where they've put in place strong measures, we've remarkably seen that the virus is suppressed "
Which surely can only be referring to China, as nowhere else has (allegedly) suppressed the virus. But do they seriously believe democracies can do what China did? What planet is this guy on?
That whole article is baffling.
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EDIT: What asshole decided that every reddit link should be embedded as a media tag? Just let me post a goddamn web link!
The thumbnail is just such a groan-worthy "joke" pun...I'm not even going to click it.
All of this.It seems they are just quoting the confirmed cases, which seems a bit presumptuous. Take the United States, for example. We have just over 113 confirmed cases and 9 deaths out of those cases. At face value, that gives the United States an 8% death rate. However, we all know the number of cases is much higher; they just haven't been confirmed yet due to botched CDC tests, and there are likley many people who either feel nothing or think they have a simple cold.
This seems like a dangerously premature and inflammatory thing for the WHO to say when mitigating panic is important.
It seems they are just quoting the confirmed cases, which seems a bit presumptuous. Take the United States, for example. We have just over 113 confirmed cases and 9 deaths out of those cases. At face value, that gives the United States an 8% death rate. However, we all know the number of cases is much higher; they just haven't been confirmed yet due to botched CDC tests, and there are likley many people who either feel nothing or think they have a simple cold.
This seems like a dangerously premature and inflammatory thing for the WHO to say when mitigating panic is important.
From the perspective of "COVID-19 is the name of the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus," the mortality rate for the disease really is close to 3.4% so far. People asymptomatic or with mild-enough symptoms to be undiagnosed may have the virus but don't have the disease. Severe cases do have the disease, and of those about 3.4% so far have died.
WHO is bought out by the CCP, take what they say with a grain of salt
Normally I'd distrust a certain amount of China-bashing (as with Russia-paranoia) on the grounds that I don't know what the politics behind it is. But in this case, yeah, China's response to the virus is clearly _highly_ contestable, yet WHO have praised them to an unqualified degree that seems to me to be obviously political. And now they appear to be presenting China's extreme authoritarian response as a ideal model for everyone to follow. Just odd.
The President said this coronavirus will die out when spring/summer rolls around. Well, it's summer in the southern hemisphere right now. How are they coping? I'm hearing about very few cases in in South America, Africa and Africa. Maybe he's right? Thoughts?
Regarding WHO, this isn't really that odd although it might be hard to understand so I'll use HIV and AIDS as an example. One can have HIV which can lead to AIDs but not automatically with treatment. Therefore the death rate from HIV is nill UNLESS AIDS sets in.
WHO seems to be doing much the same. Those who have not reached a certain criteria in terms of presentation of disease are like those with HIV. Once they show definite diagnosable signs apart from testing, then "they have AIDS" metaphorically, that is they have the disease, not just the virus.
HTH
The Southern hemisphere - aside from Australia... aren't exactly known for being first world countries with lots of media and adequate healthcare.
... Even more more astounding is N Korea not reporting any cases. Who does N Korea think they are fooling
. . . what? Brasil? Not everyone there is living in favelas. Also, South Africa? New Zealand?
Trump is talking out of his ass to assuage fears since the stock market is tanking. He's neither right nor wrong; he's just making shit up like normal.The President said this coronavirus will die out when spring/summer rolls around. Well, it's summer in the southern hemisphere right now. How are they coping? I'm hearing about very few cases in in South America, Africa and Africa. Maybe he's right? Thoughts?
I don't know why people stock up on ridiculous amounts of toilet paper.
Why couldn't you just use a soft washcloth if you run out? I imagine your ass would feel like a million bucks after a few days of being cleaned with warm water and soap after every dump.
Yeah, but what is the point of publicly talking about the death-rate from the subjectively-defined illness as opposed to the virus? What does that gain other than sewing confusion among the public?
Furthermore the HIV/Aids distinction appears to have a much clearer objective criteria than the corona virus case. The reality is that many of those not being counted as having the 'disease' are uncounted not because they don't meet some objective definitional criteria, but because the authorities in places like Iran are not able to identify them or count them properly and because there's not much testing going on.
Infact, the more I think about it, the less your explanation holds up. The WHO's figures are based on identified cases, which has little to do with a formal distinction between 'disease' and 'virus' and everything to do with shortcomings in monitoring the population. As far as I can see. (If you know better, by all means explain!)
Better not do that on Amazon. They would remove your product(s) and could ban you.
"The removal comes after Wired found sellers gouging the prices of coronavirus-related products, like face masks, or charging people "exorbitant shipping costs," according to the magazine. In one instance, the publication found a seller with face masks for as much as five times their normal price."
Amazon deleted 1 million items for price gouging or false advertising about coronavirus | CNN Business
Amazon says it has pulled more than 1 million products for price gouging or falsely advertising effectiveness against the coronavirus.www.cnn.com
My plan of attack at this point is I'm relatively young and relatively healthy so I'm just going to flex on Coronavirus and take it on. That way if it comes around again when I'm old I will be immune.
Don't put that on my tombstone if it kills me though
Can you imagine coughing around Kim Jong Un?Tasmania (of all places) joins the covid-19 club. Even more more astounding is N Korea not reporting any cases. Who does N Korea think they are fooling