Something to consider - #ncovid19 now almost certainly meets the criteria for a stage 6 pandemic based on WHO definitions (the remaining criteria centres around the term 'sustained')pic.twitter.com/uGtYdRwi65
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Yes exactly. My understanding too. And nothing about severity in WHO's online resources. Plus was speaking to infectious disease types, who say severity not a factor...
Yeh I'm pretty sure severity is not important, but my feeling is that the WHO is shying away from the terminology because it invites mass panic which so far has been unhelpful
But maybe in a press conference things get said.
*mutter mutter mutter*
I've been reading assessments and studies about the pandemic declaration in regards to H1N1 and whether it helped or hindered... interesting reading.
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