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By JOHN LEICESTER and COLLEEN BARRY PARIS©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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And of course those numbers are as accurate and truthful as the reporting from the Chinese government back in December 2019 and halfway through January 2020. The real number of confirmed cases must be well over 140,000 in China by now and the deaths close to 6000 but China will wait for the right time to release that information if ever. Most likely if it is released, it will come attached to a scandalous blame game either to a regional government or at international targets. I just hope the world calls the Chinese government out on their BS when some of the true numbers come to light. It's time to stop giving China a pass on their BS.
Sh1mon M4sada
All courtesy of the WHO's 'keep your borders open' policy.
Oh well, at least the money will keep flowing into the WHO's bank account to keep WHO exec in a job, and their kids' Swiss private school fees paid. Red money, now tainted with real human blood though.
MarkX
I find it amazing that in China, all of the "reported cases" are all within Hubei province. No cases outside in those little towns like Beijing or Shanghai.
noriahojanen
the death toll worldwide reached at least 3,000.
Misleading. Of 3,000, 2900 are within China, mostly from Wuhan/Hubei areas. And even out there both infection and death numbers are decreasing dramatically. Better say, "100 have died worldwide outside China."
rainyday
The WHO doesn't actually have the authority to order anyone to keep their borders open or closed, it is 100% up to national governments to do that.
kurisupisu
Why aren’t governments paying companies and people to stay at home?
Chop Chop
I think Iran must quarantine whole country and prevent peoples travel in and out. WHO must help the Iranian Government to fight Coronavirus Covid-19 because Iran has no resource to fight coronavirus Covid-19 spreading and treatment to patients.
Halwick
That's going to involve taking drastic measures, i.e., shut down all cross-border traffic, ban tourists, intensify screening at entry points and mobilize tens of thousands of health workers to monitor residents and isolate/quarantine those with symptoms.....until the epidemic is over.
But most governments are unwilling to take those drastic measures for fear of being accused of discrimination, violation of personal rights and freedom, etc. Then you have some people who consider government-administered vaccines a conspiracy and refuse to take it.
The Chinese government have found a diabolical way to disrupt the world economy: germ warfare and using their people to spread it globally. Meanwhile its business as usual in China. One province shutdown isn't going to severely dent their long-range economic and global domination plans.