https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/18/covid-19-is-over-says-who/
"The World Health Organization’s announcement that COVID-19 is no longer a
global health emergency has caused some confusion over what that means for the
state of the pandemic.
Ever since life turned on its head in early 2020, the world has been waiting
for the day when the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will be
declared “over”. The World Health Organization recently announced that COVID-19
is no longer an emergency. Does that mean that day has finally come?
The answer is no, unfortunately not, experts say.
The WHO statement recognises the progress the world has made.
“The world has made significant and impressive global progress since the
declaration of the PHEIC (public health emergency of international concern)in
January 2020. Reaching the point where COVID-19 can be considered as no longer
constituting a PHEIC should be seen as accolade to international coordination
and commitment to global health,” they wrote.
However, infectious disease researcher and Director and CEO of the Burnet
Institute, Professor Brendan Crabb, emphasises that the statement doesn’t end
there.
“Paradoxically, the rest of the piece talks about not just how impactful the
pandemic has been … but that it’s ongoing with a death every three minutes,” he
told InSight+.
The fact is, an emergency response wasn’t working anymore and many countries,
including Australia, weren’t treating it like an emergency.
“WHO has said we’re going to try a different way. In no way, shape, or form can
that be read as ‘we haven’t got a problem anymore’,” he confirmed."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: May 25, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-83525435
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