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"The review committee is developing an authoritative chronology of
COVID-19. It’s a timeline of virus spread, knowledge acquisition,
recommendation sharing and actions taken. Clark said this “will speak
for itself” about the deadly delays the world suffered.
The big questions arising from that chronology are:
* why it took a month and two meetings for the WHO’s Emergency Committee
to declare a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) —
in a densely interconnected world where hours may be the difference
between catastrophic spread and containment
* why travel restrictions were specifically recommended against at that
time, seeming to undercut the gravity of the PHEIC declaration
* why the world stood around like “stunned mullets” while disaster unfolded.
The New York Times described the review committee’s interim report as a
“bleak recounting” of “one failure leading to another” and a “slow,
cumbersome pandemic alert system” with “obstructive responses of
national governments”."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
