Can We Trust the WHO? Can We Trust The Media?
On January 30, The Committee reconvened and declared the coronavirus epidemic as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
(for details on the Committee meetings scroll down to ANNEX)
What justified this far-reaching decision by the WHO Director General?
About 9,600 corona virus (pneumonia) confirmed cases (Jan 30). And 213 deaths recorded in China on Jan 30, which has a population of almost 1.4 billion.
No deaths have been reported out of Mainland China.
Out of 9600 confirmed cases, approximately 150 cases of infection have been recorded outside China. Moreover, (based on the above data, Jan 30), the 2019 nCoV has a low mortality rate (2.1%) compared to the Seasonal flu.
The above CBS quotation is misleading.
Based on January 30 data, what should be emphasized is the following
- No deaths occurred outside China,
- More than 9500 recorded cases in China,
- Approximately 150 cases recorded outside China, (see list below)
In contrast, in the US, the Centers
of Disease Control estimate
that so
far for the 2019-20 season, at least 15 million flu virus illnesses, 140,000 hospitalizations and 8,200 deaths in
the U.S, which has population of 330 million, about a quarter that of China.
And there was virtually no coverage or concern
regarding the Seasonal Flu, which in 2017 resulted globally in 650,000 deaths.
Source CDC
The media has gone into hight gear: The Wuhan
coronavirus is portrayed as a global threat.
The latter is not corroborated by the recorded cases
of infection and death.
Only 150 cases outside of China Mainland (Jan 30).
No deaths recorded outside China.
Ironically, WHO director general Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a press conference confirmed that:
“The main reason for this declaration is not because
of what is happening in China, but because of what is happening in other
countries. Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to
countries with weaker health systems, and which are ill-prepared to deal with
it.”
What was happening “in other countries” (aka
approximately 150 cases of infection and no recorded deaths in 23 countries and
2 territories (Macau and Hong Kong) (Jan 30)) does not justify the launching of
a WHO sponsored Worldwide Public Health Emergency. (See below for distribution
by country).
Coronavirus
cases of infection: by country
Source Al Jazeera quoting official sources, January
31, 2020
§ Australia – 9
§ Cambodia – 1
§ Canada – 3
§ China – 9,809
§
Macau -7 The city of Macau, a gambling hub
§ Hong Kong, 12
§ France – 6
§ Finland – 1
§ Germany – 7
§ India – 1
§ Italy – 2
§ Japan – 16
§ Malaysia – 8
§ Nepal – 1
§ Philippines – 1
§ Russia – 2
§ Singapore – 16
§ South Korea – 11
§ Spain – 1o
§ Sri Lanka – 1
§ Thailand – 19
§ United Kingdom – 2
§ United States – 6
§ United Arab Emirates – 4
§ Vietnam – 5
TOTAL 152 (without China)
My question to the Director General of the WHO:
Do these numbers justify the launching of a Worldwide
Public Health Emergency?
6 in the US, 2 in Canada, 16 in Japan, 2 in the UK, 7
in Germany, etc. (Jan 30)
No deaths outside China recorded (Jan 30). And expert
opinion under the helm of the World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed a
Worldwide health emergency, which is creating havoc. What is required is
routine WHO support to China and countries which have recorded virus infections.
The decision of the Director-General of the WHO
is dramatic and unnecessary. It has triggered an atmosphere of
fear and intimidation.
Fake Emergency?
Can we Trust the WHO?
In turn, the
corporate media serves as an instrument of disinformation. The public has been
misled.
About 150
infections Worldwide (excluding China). The World population is 7.7 billion,
China’s population is 1.4 billion.
A rash Committee decision adopted at WHO headquarters
in Geneva.
There are precedents: In 2009, based on incomplete and
scanty data, the WHO predicted (“with authority”) that the H1N1 swine flu virus
would result in :
“…as many as 2 billion people could become
infected over the next two years — nearly one-third of the world population.” (World Health Organization as reported by the
Western media, July 2009).
It turned out to be a multibillion bonanza
for Big Pharma supported by the WHO’s Director-General Margaret
Chan.
In June 2009, Margaret Chan made the following statement:
"On the basis of
… expert assessments of the evidence, the scientific criteria for an influenza
pandemic have been met. I have therefore decided to raise the level of
influenza pandemic alert from Phase 5 to Phase 6. The world is now at
the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic. …" Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO), Press
Briefing 11 June 2009)
What “expert assessments”?
In a subsequent statement she confirmed that:
“Vaccine makers
could produce 4.9 billion pandemic flu shots per year in the
best-case scenario”, Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO), quoted by Reuters, 21 July 2009)
A financial windfall for Big Pharma Vaccine Producers
including GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, Merck & Co., Sanofi,
Pfizer. et al.
Swine Flu Fake
News, Fake Statistics, Lies at the Highest Levels of Government
The media went into overdrive. (without a shred of
evidence). Fear and Uncertainty. Public opinion was deliberately misled
“Swine flu
could strike up to 40 percent of Americans over the next two years and
as many as several hundred thousand could die if a vaccine campaign and other
measures aren’t successful.” (Official Statement of Obama Administration,
Associated Press, 24 July 2009).
“The U.S.
expects to have 160 million doses of swine flu vaccine available sometime in
October”, (Associated
Press, 23 July 2009)
But the pandemic never happened.
There was no pandemic affecting 2 billion people…
Millions of doses of swine flu vaccine had been
ordered by national governments from Big Pharma. In the meantime the H1N1 virus
had mutated. Millions of doses were subsequently destroyed: a financial bonanza
for Big Pharma, an expenditure crisis for national governments.
There was
no investigation into who was behind this multibillion fraud.
Several critics
said that the H1N1 Pandemic was “Fake”.
Reported by Forbes:
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe (PACE), a human rights watchdog, is publicly investigating the WHO’s motives in declaring a pandemic.
Indeed, the chairman of its influential health committee, epidemiologist Wolfgang
Wodarg, has declared that the “false
pandemic” is “one of the greatest medicine scandals of the century.” (Forbes, February 10, 2010, emphasis added)
For more details on the 2009 H1NI pandemic see:
Important
Lessons from the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic:
Can we trust the Western media?Can we trust the World Health Organization (WHO) and Western governments including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), all of which are serving the interests of Big Pharma (at tax payers’ expense)?What are the stakes, why the media propaganda?
ANNEX
This annex
provides details on the January 3oth WHO Decision to
identify the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic as a Public Health Emergency of
International Concern (PHEIC).
The read the full Statement of the second meeting of the
International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the
outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), click here
The second meeting of the Emergency
Committee convened by the WHO Director-General took place
on Thursday, 30 January 2020, from 13:30 to 18:35 Geneva
time (CEST).The Committee’s role was “to give advice to the Director-General,
who makes the final decision on the determination of a Public Health Emergency
of International Concern (PHEIC)”.That decision was taken by the Director-General
after a three hour meeting.
Below are
relevant excerpts
Members and advisors of the Emergency Committee were convened by teleconference
The Director-General welcomed the Committee and
thanked them for their support. He turned the meeting over to the Chair,
Professor Didier Houssin.
….
Representatives of the Ministry of Health of the
People’s Republic of China reported on the current situation and
the public health measures being taken. There are now 7711
confirmed and 12167 suspected cases throughout the country. Of
the confirmed cases, 1370 are severe and 170 people have died. 124 people have
recovered and been discharged from hospital.
The WHO Secretariat provided
an overview of the situation in other countries. There are
now 83 cases in 18 countries. Of these, only 7 had
no history of travel in China. There has been human-to-human
transmission in 3 countries outside China. One of these cases is
severe and there have been no deaths.
At its first
meeting, the Committee expressed divergent views on whether this
event constitutes a PHEIC or not. At that time, the advice was that the event did
not constitute a PHEIC, but the Committee members agreed on the urgency of
the situation and suggested that the Committee should continue its meeting on
the next day, when it reached the same conclusion.
This second meeting takes place in view of significant
increases in numbers of cases and additional countries reporting confirmed
cases.
….
The Committee welcomed the leadership and
political commitment of the very highest levels
of Chinese government, their commitment to transparency, and
the efforts made to investigate and contain the current outbreak. China quickly identified
the virus and shared its sequence, so that other countries could
diagnose it quickly and protect themselves, which has
resulted in the rapid development of diagnostic tools.
The very strong measures the country has taken include
daily contact with WHO and comprehensive multi-sectoral approaches to
prevent further spread. It has also taken public health measures in
other cities and provinces; is conducting studies on the
severity and transmissibility of the virus, and sharing data and biological
material. The country has also agreed to work with other countries
who need their support. The measures China has taken are good
not only for that country but also for the rest of the world.
The
Committee welcomed a forthcoming WHO multidisciplinary technical mission to
China, ..
The Committee wished to re-emphasize the importance of
studying the possible source, to rule
out hidden transmission and to inform risk management measures
The Committee also emphasized the need for
enhanced surveillance in regions outside Hubei, including pathogen genomic
sequencing, to understand whether local cycles of transmission
are occurring.
WHO should continue to use its networks
of technical experts to assess how best this outbreak can be
contained globally.
WHO should provide intensified support for
preparation and response, especially in vulnerable countries and regions.
Measures to ensure rapid development
and access to potential vaccines, diagnostics, antiviral medicines
and other therapeutics for low- and middle-income countries should be
developed.
WHO should continue to provide all necessary technical
and operational support to respond to this outbreak, including with its
extensive networks of partners and collaborating
institutions, to implement a comprehensive risk
communication strategy, and to allow for the advancement of research
and scientific developments in relation to this novel coronavirus.
WHO should continue to explore the
advisability of creating an intermediate level of alert between the binary
possibilities of PHEIC or no PHEIC, in a way that does not require
reopening negotiations on the text of the IHR (2005).
WHO should timely review the situation with
transparency and update its evidence-based recommendations.
The Committee does not recommend any travel or trade
restriction based on the current information available.
The
Director-General declared that the outbreak of 2019-nCoV constitutes a PHEIC
and accepted the Committee’s advice and issued this advice as Temporary
Recommendations under the IHR.
….
The Emergency Committee will be reconvened within
three months or earlier, at the discretion of the Director-General.
The Director-General thanked the Committee for its
work.
The original source of this article is Global
Research
