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       WHO
   DIR By: gsgs
       Date: February 15, 2020, 6:08 pm
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       Munich Security Conference , WHO Director General , 15 February
       2020
       > ... It was no coincidence that the 1918 flu pandemic erupted
       in the middle of the First World War,
       contrary to what most scientists say, afaik
       >...the emergence of a pathogen with pandemic potential, moving
       rapidly from country
       > to country and requiring an immediate and large-scale response
       in countries.
       > [that's] what we are seeing now
       > [but clarifies that this is currently mainly in China]
       > Let me be clear: it is impossible to predict which direction
       this epidemic will take.
       lots of people did and others are doing this impossible thing.
       If the WHO gives no prediction then we must rely on others.
       > We are encouraged that the steps China has taken to contain
       the outbreak at its source
       > appear to have bought the world time, even though those steps
       have come at greater
       > cost to China itself. But it’s slowing the spread to the rest
       of the world.
       well, China at first China benefits itself most. They contain it
       in Wuhan, the rest of China
       is almost as free as the rest of the world. With some costly
       measures, though.
       > We’re encouraged that outside China, we have not yet seen
       widespread community transmission.
       > We’re concerned by the continued increase in the number of
       cases in China
       cases are going down. It couldn't be better.
       >  we’re fighting an infodemic.
       > ...  Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Tencent, Twitter, TikTok,
       YouTube
       ;-)
       > [praising China]
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