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Agree. They are a monopoly, and cannot be allowed to function like any old hosting platform. The WHO was wrong on many occasions during this pandemic. They s

Agree. They are a monopoly, and cannot be allowed to function like any old hosting platform. The WHO was wrong on many occasions during this pandemic. They said it couldn't or was hard to transmit between people - meanwhile, it was spreading everywhere and Taiwan tried to warn them. They said we should not shut down international travel from China. Wrong again. Taiwan and a few others did and it helped out immensely. Appealing to human authority as the source of truth is dangerous. For humans, truth only has a chance to come out when vigorous debate is allowed. EDIT: adding references as requested. WHO ignored Taiwan: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202003240229.aspx https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202003240229.aspx On Jan 12: According to the preliminary epidemiological investigation, most cases worked at or were handlers and frequent visitors to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. The government reports that there is no clear evidence that the virus passes easily from person to person. Currently, no case with infection of this novel coronavirus has been reported elsewhere other than Wuhan. https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/ https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronaviru...

stOneskull 7y ago
There are doctors who disagree with WHO and we should be able to hear them.
phs318u 7y ago
Can you please provide references for your assertions. Thanks.
- eej71 7y ago
  Not the original poster, but I found at least this one. https://twitter.com/who/status/1217043229427761152?lang=en https://twitter.com/who/status/1217043229427761152?lang=en
  - knzhou 7y ago
    "No clear evidence" uncovered in a "preliminary investigation" was a completely true statement. They never ever said "okay, this definitely isn't transmissible, everybody can ignore it". They said in the early stages that it was too soon to be sure. All the other tweets from this period are saying the same thing: something might be coming, so countries should prepare.
    - eej71 7y ago
      To me - its just weasel words issued by an organization that was denied first hand access to wuhan. Perfectly crafted to play both sides. None of us should be surprised that a large scale multi-national organization like the WHO can only speak in bureaucratic half truths. Their primary purpose for the CCP is to be a tool for moral laundering.
chrononaut 7y ago
> Taiwan tried to warn them. Do you have references for this, or the scientific data that Taiwan used to make that assertion at the time the WHO made that statement? It would better help your argument, and make it more powerful, since the only quoted text is the WHO stating "According to the preliminary epidemiological investigation..", which might very much be factually true.

stOneskull 7y ago

There are doctors who disagree with WHO and we should be able to hear them.

phs318u 7y ago

Can you please provide references for your assertions. Thanks.

eej71 7y ago
Not the original poster, but I found at least this one. https://twitter.com/who/status/1217043229427761152?lang=en https://twitter.com/who/status/1217043229427761152?lang=en
- knzhou 7y ago
  "No clear evidence" uncovered in a "preliminary investigation" was a completely true statement. They never ever said "okay, this definitely isn't transmissible, everybody can ignore it". They said in the early stages that it was too soon to be sure. All the other tweets from this period are saying the same thing: something might be coming, so countries should prepare.
  - eej71 7y ago
    To me - its just weasel words issued by an organization that was denied first hand access to wuhan. Perfectly crafted to play both sides. None of us should be surprised that a large scale multi-national organization like the WHO can only speak in bureaucratic half truths. Their primary purpose for the CCP is to be a tool for moral laundering.

chrononaut 7y ago

> Taiwan tried to warn them. Do you have references for this, or the scientific data that Taiwan used to make that assertion at the time the WHO made that statement? It would better help your argument, and make it more powerful, since the only quoted text is the WHO stating "According to the preliminary epidemiological investigation..", which might very much be factually true.