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Keep in mind, we've learned so much. At the beginning there were some authorities (China, WHO) claiming there was no human-to-human transmission. It's too bad

Keep in mind, we've learned so much. At the beginning there were some authorities (China, WHO) claiming there was no human-to-human transmission. It's too bad they would have ever made that statement, because I think people latched onto that and didn't let go of the idea.

ajross 7y ago
> At the beginning there were some authorities (China, WHO) claiming there was no human-to-human transmission. I don't understand how this misconception persists. That is not what the WHO statement said. The statement was that the outbreak was not being sustained by community transmission, and that they believed (this was very early on) that the cases from the Wuhan market were all due to exposure to a single case or pathogen. This was, obviously, wrong. But at the time it wasn't unreasonable to believe. That's the way most outbreaks work when you catch them early. At no point did anyone say that a respiratory coronavirus was not contagious, which is how people insist on treating that statement. Of course these things are contagious, that's how they spread.
- throwaway2048 7y ago
  There is currently a big push to scapegoat the WHO as the cause of the pandemic.
  - nv-vn 7y ago
    There is also a big push by the WHO to censor anything critical of China
    - throwaway2048 7y ago
      what power does the WHO have to "censor anything critical of China"
- eschutte2 7y ago
  https://twitter.com/who/status/1217043229427761152?lang=en https://twitter.com/who/status/1217043229427761152?lang=en
  - gregmac 7y ago
    Is that supposed to be disputing what the parent said? > Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China🇨🇳.
- beamatronic 7y ago
  It was extremely irresponsible for them to make statements about community transmission without any solid facts. Edit: by default we should ASSUME community transmission

ajross 7y ago

> At the beginning there were some authorities (China, WHO) claiming there was no human-to-human transmission. I don't understand how this misconception persists. That is not what the WHO statement said. The statement was that the outbreak was not being sustained by community transmission, and that they believed (this was very early on) that the cases from the Wuhan market were all due to exposure to a single case or pathogen. This was, obviously, wrong. But at the time it wasn't unreasonable to believe. That's the way most outbreaks work when you catch them early. At no point did anyone say that a respiratory coronavirus was not contagious, which is how people insist on treating that statement. Of course these things are contagious, that's how they spread.

throwaway2048 7y ago
There is currently a big push to scapegoat the WHO as the cause of the pandemic.
- nv-vn 7y ago
  There is also a big push by the WHO to censor anything critical of China
  - throwaway2048 7y ago
    what power does the WHO have to "censor anything critical of China"
eschutte2 7y ago
https://twitter.com/who/status/1217043229427761152?lang=en https://twitter.com/who/status/1217043229427761152?lang=en
- gregmac 7y ago
  Is that supposed to be disputing what the parent said? > Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China🇨🇳.
beamatronic 7y ago
It was extremely irresponsible for them to make statements about community transmission without any solid facts. Edit: by default we should ASSUME community transmission