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The WHO did declare it a “Global Health Emergency” in January: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-51319967/coronavirus-declared-a-global-emergency-by-the-world-h

The WHO did declare it a “Global Health Emergency” in January: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-51319967/coronavirus-declared-a-global-emergency-by-the-world-health-organization?intlink_from_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Ftopics%2Fc207p54m4pnt%2Fworld-health-organization-who&link_location=live-reporting-map https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-51319967/coronavirus-decla... The “Pandemic” designation wasn’t appropriate back then because it just wasn’t a pandemic at that time. They very clearly said it was on its way to becoming one. I’m starting to suspect this griping about the WHO is somehow motivated. People tend not to be this willfully stupid unless politics are involved.

ComputerGuru 7y ago
@glitchc is right though! He said “national emergency” and in January the only nation impacted was China ;) (Even though it was obvious to anyone with half a brain in January that this thing was going to spread and become a global problem in no time... and that the WHO said as much, too.)