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They didn't develop an Ebola vaccine. Pharma companies develop vaccines. Eradication of smallpox was indeed an achievement, however, it was also many decades a

They didn't develop an Ebola vaccine. Pharma companies develop vaccines. Eradication of smallpox was indeed an achievement, however, it was also many decades ago. The modern WHO is different people. In more recent times, there is a history of problematic behaviour, like changing their own definition of pandemic specifically so they could declare one for a trivial disease (Swine Flu) and then lying about having done so, although archive.org remembers all: https://www.forbes.com/2010/02/05/world-health-organization-swine-flu-pandemic-opinions-contributors-michael-fumento.html#4c6224c448e8 https://www.forbes.com/2010/02/05/world-health-organization-...

ceejayoz 6y ago
> Pharma companies develop vaccines. And the WHO helps get it where it's needed. https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/18-10-2019-major-milestone-for-who-supported-ebola-vaccine https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/18-10-2019-major-milest... > A randomized trial for the vaccine began during the West Africa Ebola outbreak in 2015. When no other organization was positioned to run a trial in Guinea during the complex emergency, the government of Guinea and WHO took the unusual step to lead the trial. > A global coalition of funders and researchers provided the critical support required. Funders included the Canadian Government (through the Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, International Development Research Centre, Global Affairs Canada); the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (through the Research Council of Norway's GLOBVAC programme); the Wellcome Trust; the UK government through the Department for International Development; and Médecins Sans Frontières. > In the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, more than 236,000 people have been vaccinated with rVSV ZEBOV GP donated by Merck to WHO, including more than 60,000 health and frontline workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda and Burundi. As for the Forbes blog, the author doesn't have a great record on public health: https://nypost.com/2020/03/08/coronavirus-going-to-hit-its-peak-and-start-falling-sooner-than-you-think/ https://nypost.com/2020/03/08/coronavirus-going-to-hit-its-p...
- thu2111 6y ago
  The author of the Forbes blog is irrelevant. There are sources cited for the claims made. Besides, the article you link says a lot of things that are true. Death rates vary according to age, China peaked and declined first, CV affects high risk groups the most (kinda tautological but not really discussed much in early March when it was written), etc. I'm not sure what's so objectionable about it.

ceejayoz 6y ago

> Pharma companies develop vaccines. And the WHO helps get it where it's needed. https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/18-10-2019-major-milestone-for-who-supported-ebola-vaccine https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/18-10-2019-major-milest... > A randomized trial for the vaccine began during the West Africa Ebola outbreak in 2015. When no other organization was positioned to run a trial in Guinea during the complex emergency, the government of Guinea and WHO took the unusual step to lead the trial. > A global coalition of funders and researchers provided the critical support required. Funders included the Canadian Government (through the Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, International Development Research Centre, Global Affairs Canada); the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (through the Research Council of Norway's GLOBVAC programme); the Wellcome Trust; the UK government through the Department for International Development; and Médecins Sans Frontières. > In the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, more than 236,000 people have been vaccinated with rVSV ZEBOV GP donated by Merck to WHO, including more than 60,000 health and frontline workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda and Burundi. As for the Forbes blog, the author doesn't have a great record on public health: https://nypost.com/2020/03/08/coronavirus-going-to-hit-its-peak-and-start-falling-sooner-than-you-think/ https://nypost.com/2020/03/08/coronavirus-going-to-hit-its-p...

thu2111 6y ago
The author of the Forbes blog is irrelevant. There are sources cited for the claims made. Besides, the article you link says a lot of things that are true. Death rates vary according to age, China peaked and declined first, CV affects high risk groups the most (kinda tautological but not really discussed much in early March when it was written), etc. I'm not sure what's so objectionable about it.