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Not the only position that changed radically over time. Head of WHO in early March: > First, COVID-19 does not transmit as efficiently as influenza, from the d
by cm2187 7y ago
Not the only position that changed radically over time. Head of WHO in early March:
> First, COVID-19 does not transmit as efficiently as influenza, from the data we have so far.
> With influenza, people who are infected but not yet sick are major drivers of transmission, which does not appear to be the case for COVID-19.
> Evidence from China is that only 1% of reported cases do not have symptoms, and most of those cases develop symptoms within 2 days.
https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---3-march-2020 https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-...
Also for a long time the medias were quoting 5-10% death rates when we have now evidence that it will be well under 1%, which infectious disease specialists were saying all along.
- cm2187 7y agoAlso treatments evolve. We were told that ventilators were absolute critical and it appears now that there may better solutions [1]. My point is you can’t enforce a single truth on a topic like that where our understanding of the virus and what to do is changing. And this understanding drives policy. [1] https://news.sky.com/story/amp/coronavirus-hospital-cuts-covid-19-death-rates-with-black-boxes-for-sleep-disorder-11977789 https://news.sky.com/story/amp/coronavirus-hospital-cuts-cov...
- marcinzm 7y ago>Evidence from China is that only 1% of reported cases do not have symptoms, and most of those cases develop symptoms within 2 days. That assumes China is finding almost all cases and is able to track almost all cases. If they only report cases that are serious enough to require medical attention that statement is worthless. Of course, that line of thinking would require questioning China's data which the WHO would never politically do.