JohnRawls wrote:
It wasn't. The organisation doesn't want to piss off the country that is having an outbreak because then China won't cooperate if WHO needs something. It is not that simple as you think.
Any country would insist on similar things if they were in Chinese shoes. I mean a state of emergency would imply partial or severe limitations of movement of goods and people to and from China. That is pretty bad for the economy. So no sane country would want this to happen to them.
Sure, I understand this, but at the same time, it's not really a global emergency. According to the media, we still do not see a increase of cases in countries outside of China. Thus far, it's people that have traveled to China. Thus, it's still not really global. At least not yet. So I would argue, the WHO is correct to not declare a global emergency yet. This can change of course
The subtext I'm getting at is, I'm wondering if China is actually over reacting with the closure of entire cities.
The death rate thus far is lower than SARS.
In another round about away, I guess I'm suggesting the idea of what would be so wrong about allowing this to rip through the population around the globe? Viruses have a way of burning themselves out. no? Viruses evolve very slow compared to bacterial. So super virus are less likely than say super bacterias.
Dunno, I'm just tossing around thoughts.
I can think of 11780 reasons Trump shouldn't be president ever again.