Trump’s false claim that the WHO said the coronavirus was ‘not communicable’

[berg80]

The article (which I'd love to post in full) goes in to great detail on the timeline of the WHO's announcements regarding the viral outbreak in China. The thing is, much of the WH accusations against the WHO comes down to not recognizing (on purpose) the nuance in their announcements. Especially regarding the Jan. 14 tweet most often cited and the Jan. 14 press conference that is more granular about what the WHO knew at the time.

It is typically this kind of nuance that Trumpleton's, and all conspiracy theorists, exploit when taking a grain of truth and spinning it in to something it is not. As it happens, Trump's accusations are more about his endless search for a scapegoat than they are reflective of the truth.

Jan. 14 WHO tweet: “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China.”

Jan. 14 WHO news briefing: “From the information that we have it is possible that there is limited human-to-human transmission, potentially among families, but it is very clear right now that we have no sustained human-to-human transmission,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, acting head of the WHO’s emerging diseases unit. “It is still early days, we don’t have a clear clinical picture.”
Van Kerkhove added, however, that human-to-human transmission would not be surprising given the WHO’s experience with SARS, MERS and other respiratory pathogens.

“What we have seen from both SARS and from MERS is we have had limited human-to-human transmission, and that there are amplification events,” Van Kerkhove told reporters. “There is the possibility that transmission can be amplified. Most notably in health-care facilities.”

Analysis: The Jan. 14 tweet has gotten the most attention, and both the tweet and the news release continue with the “no clear evidence” language. But the news briefing was much starker and reflected the urgency posed by the case in Thailand.
Van Kerkhove’s message was not lost on reporters. The Telegraph in Britain headlined its article on the news conference: “WHO refuses to rule out human-to-human spread in China’s mystery coronavirus outbreak.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/17/trumps-false-claim-that-who-said-coronavirus-was-not-communicable/

Do I expect these facts to change the minds of Trumpleton's? Why would I? They never have in the past.

 

[Rambunctious]

Thread Closed for stupidity....

 

[airplanemechanic]

TDS thread number 4,398

 

[Obiwan]

The article (which I'd love to post in full) goes in to great detail on the timeline of the WHO's announcements regarding the viral outbreak in China. The thing is, much of the WH accusations against the WHO comes down to not recognizing (on purpose) the nuance in their announcements. Especially regarding the Jan. 14 tweet most often cited and the Jan. 14 press conference that is more granular about what the WHO knew at the time.

It is typically this kind of nuance that Trumpleton's, and all conspiracy theorists, exploit when taking a grain of truth and spinning it in to something it is not. As it happens, Trump's accusations are more about his endless search for a scapegoat than they are reflective of the truth.

Jan. 14 WHO tweet: “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China.”

Jan. 14 WHO news briefing: “From the information that we have it is possible that there is limited human-to-human transmission, potentially among families, but it is very clear right now that we have no sustained human-to-human transmission,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, acting head of the WHO’s emerging diseases unit. “It is still early days, we don’t have a clear clinical picture.”
Van Kerkhove added, however, that human-to-human transmission would not be surprising given the WHO’s experience with SARS, MERS and other respiratory pathogens.

“What we have seen from both SARS and from MERS is we have had limited human-to-human transmission, and that there are amplification events,” Van Kerkhove told reporters. “There is the possibility that transmission can be amplified. Most notably in health-care facilities.”

Analysis: The Jan. 14 tweet has gotten the most attention, and both the tweet and the news release continue with the “no clear evidence” language. But the news briefing was much starker and reflected the urgency posed by the case in Thailand.
Van Kerkhove’s message was not lost on reporters. The Telegraph in Britain headlined its article on the news conference: “WHO refuses to rule out human-to-human spread in China’s mystery coronavirus outbreak.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/17/trumps-false-claim-that-who-said-coronavirus-was-not-communicable/

Do I expect these facts to change the minds of Trumpleton's? Why would I? They never have in the past.

Maybe you need to learn how to play with your Google...

WHO says no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of novel coronavirus

www.ecns.cn

WHO director says world ‘slow to react’ to COVID-19, after claiming no human-to-human transmission months prior

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus came under fire for criticizing the world's "slow" reaction to the coronavirus outbreak.

www.bizpacreview.com

 

[MarathonMike]

Dr. Fauci has been saying the EXACT SAME THING because that is what happened. The WHO are accessories to China's deliberate virus attack on the world and they must pay a price along with China's Communist Regime.

 

[Billy_Bob]

WOW..

You really posted this garbage?

Taiwan officials told the WHO it was back on Dec 12th. Why did they wait until Jan 14th to say it was?

 

[miketx]

The article (which I'd love to post in full) goes in to great detail on the timeline of the WHO's announcements regarding the viral outbreak in China. The thing is, much of the WH accusations against the WHO comes down to not recognizing (on purpose) the nuance in their announcements. Especially regarding the Jan. 14 tweet most often cited and the Jan. 14 press conference that is more granular about what the WHO knew at the time.

It is typically this kind of nuance that Trumpleton's, and all conspiracy theorists, exploit when taking a grain of truth and spinning it in to something it is not. As it happens, Trump's accusations are more about his endless search for a scapegoat than they are reflective of the truth.

Jan. 14 WHO tweet: “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China.”

Jan. 14 WHO news briefing: “From the information that we have it is possible that there is limited human-to-human transmission, potentially among families, but it is very clear right now that we have no sustained human-to-human transmission,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, acting head of the WHO’s emerging diseases unit. “It is still early days, we don’t have a clear clinical picture.”
Van Kerkhove added, however, that human-to-human transmission would not be surprising given the WHO’s experience with SARS, MERS and other respiratory pathogens.

“What we have seen from both SARS and from MERS is we have had limited human-to-human transmission, and that there are amplification events,” Van Kerkhove told reporters. “There is the possibility that transmission can be amplified. Most notably in health-care facilities.”

Analysis: The Jan. 14 tweet has gotten the most attention, and both the tweet and the news release continue with the “no clear evidence” language. But the news briefing was much starker and reflected the urgency posed by the case in Thailand.
Van Kerkhove’s message was not lost on reporters. The Telegraph in Britain headlined its article on the news conference: “WHO refuses to rule out human-to-human spread in China’s mystery coronavirus outbreak.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/17/trumps-false-claim-that-who-said-coronavirus-was-not-communicable/

Do I expect these facts to change the minds of Trumpleton's? Why would I? They never have in the past.

Fake news, need real butt hurt lotion.

 

[OldLady]

The article (which I'd love to post in full) goes in to great detail on the timeline of the WHO's announcements regarding the viral outbreak in China. The thing is, much of the WH accusations against the WHO comes down to not recognizing (on purpose) the nuance in their announcements. Especially regarding the Jan. 14 tweet most often cited and the Jan. 14 press conference that is more granular about what the WHO knew at the time.

It is typically this kind of nuance that Trumpleton's, and all conspiracy theorists, exploit when taking a grain of truth and spinning it in to something it is not. As it happens, Trump's accusations are more about his endless search for a scapegoat than they are reflective of the truth.

Jan. 14 WHO tweet: “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China.”

Jan. 14 WHO news briefing: “From the information that we have it is possible that there is limited human-to-human transmission, potentially among families, but it is very clear right now that we have no sustained human-to-human transmission,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, acting head of the WHO’s emerging diseases unit. “It is still early days, we don’t have a clear clinical picture.”
Van Kerkhove added, however, that human-to-human transmission would not be surprising given the WHO’s experience with SARS, MERS and other respiratory pathogens.

“What we have seen from both SARS and from MERS is we have had limited human-to-human transmission, and that there are amplification events,” Van Kerkhove told reporters. “There is the possibility that transmission can be amplified. Most notably in health-care facilities.”

Analysis: The Jan. 14 tweet has gotten the most attention, and both the tweet and the news release continue with the “no clear evidence” language. But the news briefing was much starker and reflected the urgency posed by the case in Thailand.
Van Kerkhove’s message was not lost on reporters. The Telegraph in Britain headlined its article on the news conference: “WHO refuses to rule out human-to-human spread in China’s mystery coronavirus outbreak.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/17/trumps-false-claim-that-who-said-coronavirus-was-not-communicable/

Do I expect these facts to change the minds of Trumpleton's? Why would I? They never have in the past.

But THANK YOU anyway for putting the truth of it out there.

 

[Obiwan]

 

[MarathonMike]

Democrats, their Media and posters like this one are Chinese assets.

 

[DrLove]

TDS thread number 4,398

"TDS" response ^ number 32,556

 

[depotoo]

The article (which I'd love to post in full) goes in to great detail on the timeline of the WHO's announcements regarding the viral outbreak in China. The thing is, much of the WH accusations against the WHO comes down to not recognizing (on purpose) the nuance in their announcements. Especially regarding the Jan. 14 tweet most often cited and the Jan. 14 press conference that is more granular about what the WHO knew at the time.

It is typically this kind of nuance that Trumpleton's, and all conspiracy theorists, exploit when taking a grain of truth and spinning it in to something it is not. As it happens, Trump's accusations are more about his endless search for a scapegoat than they are reflective of the truth.

Jan. 14 WHO tweet: “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China.”

Jan. 14 WHO news briefing: “From the information that we have it is possible that there is limited human-to-human transmission, potentially among families, but it is very clear right now that we have no sustained human-to-human transmission,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, acting head of the WHO’s emerging diseases unit. “It is still early days, we don’t have a clear clinical picture.”
Van Kerkhove added, however, that human-to-human transmission would not be surprising given the WHO’s experience with SARS, MERS and other respiratory pathogens.

“What we have seen from both SARS and from MERS is we have had limited human-to-human transmission, and that there are amplification events,” Van Kerkhove told reporters. “There is the possibility that transmission can be amplified. Most notably in health-care facilities.”

Analysis: The Jan. 14 tweet has gotten the most attention, and both the tweet and the news release continue with the “no clear evidence” language. But the news briefing was much starker and reflected the urgency posed by the case in Thailand.
Van Kerkhove’s message was not lost on reporters. The Telegraph in Britain headlined its article on the news conference: “WHO refuses to rule out human-to-human spread in China’s mystery coronavirus outbreak.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/17/trumps-false-claim-that-who-said-coronavirus-was-not-communicable/

Do I expect these facts to change the minds of Trumpleton's? Why would I? They never have in the past.

But THANK YOU anyway for putting the truth of it out there.

Please quit falling for this crap. You are smarter than this. See my next post.

 

[Lesh]

Trump lied to us about this?

Say it ain't SO!

 

[depotoo]

The article (which I'd love to post in full) goes in to great detail on the timeline of the WHO's announcements regarding the viral outbreak in China. The thing is, much of the WH accusations against the WHO comes down to not recognizing (on purpose) the nuance in their announcements. Especially regarding the Jan. 14 tweet most often cited and the Jan. 14 press conference that is more granular about what the WHO knew at the time.

It is typically this kind of nuance that Trumpleton's, and all conspiracy theorists, exploit when taking a grain of truth and spinning it in to something it is not. As it happens, Trump's accusations are more about his endless search for a scapegoat than they are reflective of the truth.

Jan. 14 WHO tweet: “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China.”

Jan. 14 WHO news briefing: “From the information that we have it is possible that there is limited human-to-human transmission, potentially among families, but it is very clear right now that we have no sustained human-to-human transmission,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, acting head of the WHO’s emerging diseases unit. “It is still early days, we don’t have a clear clinical picture.”
Van Kerkhove added, however, that human-to-human transmission would not be surprising given the WHO’s experience with SARS, MERS and other respiratory pathogens.

“What we have seen from both SARS and from MERS is we have had limited human-to-human transmission, and that there are amplification events,” Van Kerkhove told reporters. “There is the possibility that transmission can be amplified. Most notably in health-care facilities.”

Analysis: The Jan. 14 tweet has gotten the most attention, and both the tweet and the news release continue with the “no clear evidence” language. But the news briefing was much starker and reflected the urgency posed by the case in Thailand.
Van Kerkhove’s message was not lost on reporters. The Telegraph in Britain headlined its article on the news conference: “WHO refuses to rule out human-to-human spread in China’s mystery coronavirus outbreak.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/17/trumps-false-claim-that-who-said-coronavirus-was-not-communicable/

Do I expect these facts to change the minds of Trumpleton's? Why would I? They never have in the past.

From WHO directly-

Pneumonia of unknown cause – China

Disease outbreak news
5 January 2020

On 31 December 2019, the WHO China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology (unknown cause) detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. As of 3 January 2020, a total of 44 patients with pneumonia of unknown etiology have been reported to WHO by the national authorities in China. Of the 44 cases reported, 11 are severely ill, while the remaining 33 patients are in stable condition. According to media reports, the concerned market in Wuhan was closed on 1 January 2020 for environmental sanitation and disinfection.

The causal agent has not yet been identified or confirmed. On 1 January 2020, WHO requested further information from national authorities to assess the risk.

National authorities report that all patients are isolated and receiving treatment in Wuhan medical institutions. The clinical signs and symptoms are mainly fever, with a few patients having difficulty in breathing, and chest radiographs showing invasive lesions of both lungs.

According to the authorities, some patients were operating dealers or vendors in the Huanan Seafood market. Based on the preliminary information from the Chinese investigation team, no evidence of significant human-to-human transmission and no health care worker infections have been reported.

Public Health Response

National authorities have reported the following response measures:

One hundred and twenty-one close contacts have been identified and are under medical observation;
The follow-up of close contacts is ongoing;
Pathogen identification and the tracing of the cause are underway;
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission carried out active case finding, and retrospective investigations have been completed;
Environmental sanitation and further hygiene investigations are under way.
WHO is closely monitoring the situation and is in close contact with national authorities in China.

WHO risk assessment

There is limited information to determine the overall risk of this reported cluster of pneumonia of unknown etiology. The reported link to a wholesale fish and live animal market could indicate an exposure link to animals. The symptoms reported among the patients are common to several respiratory diseases, and pneumonia is common in the winter season; however, the occurrence of 44 cases of pneumonia requiring hospitalization clustered in space and time should be handled prudently.

Wuhan city, with a population of 19 million, is the capital city of Hubei province, with a population of 58 million people. WHO has requested further information on the laboratory tests performed and the differential diagnoses considered.

WHO advice

Based on information provided by national authorities, WHO’s recommendations on public health measures and surveillance of influenza and severe acute respiratory infections still apply.

WHO does not recommend any specific measures for travellers. In case of symptoms suggestive of respiratory illness either during or after travel, travellers are encouraged to seek medical attention and share travel history with their healthcare provider.

WHO advises against the application of any travel or trade restrictions on China based on the current information available on this event.
Pneumonia of unknown cause – China

Pneumonia of unknown cause – China

www.who.int

the above comes from the link of timeline for Jan 5.

Archived: WHO Timeline - COVID-19

31 Dec 2019China reported a cluster of cases of in Wuhan, Hubei Province. A novel coronavirus was eventually identified.1 January 2020WHO had set up the IMST (Incident Management Support Team) across the three levels of the organization: headquarters, regional headquarters and country level...

www.who.int

5 January 2020

WHO published our first Disease Outbreak News on the new virus. This is a flagship technical publication to the scientific and public health community as well as global media. It contained a risk assessment and advice, and reported on what China had told the organization about the status of patients and the public health response on the cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan.

 

[Lesh]

The article (which I'd love to post in full) goes in to great detail on the timeline of the WHO's announcements regarding the viral outbreak in China. The thing is, much of the WH accusations against the WHO comes down to not recognizing (on purpose) the nuance in their announcements. Especially regarding the Jan. 14 tweet most often cited and the Jan. 14 press conference that is more granular about what the WHO knew at the time.

It is typically this kind of nuance that Trumpleton's, and all conspiracy theorists, exploit when taking a grain of truth and spinning it in to something it is not. As it happens, Trump's accusations are more about his endless search for a scapegoat than they are reflective of the truth.

Jan. 14 WHO tweet: “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China.”

Jan. 14 WHO news briefing: “From the information that we have it is possible that there is limited human-to-human transmission, potentially among families, but it is very clear right now that we have no sustained human-to-human transmission,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, acting head of the WHO’s emerging diseases unit. “It is still early days, we don’t have a clear clinical picture.”
Van Kerkhove added, however, that human-to-human transmission would not be surprising given the WHO’s experience with SARS, MERS and other respiratory pathogens.

“What we have seen from both SARS and from MERS is we have had limited human-to-human transmission, and that there are amplification events,” Van Kerkhove told reporters. “There is the possibility that transmission can be amplified. Most notably in health-care facilities.”

Analysis: The Jan. 14 tweet has gotten the most attention, and both the tweet and the news release continue with the “no clear evidence” language. But the news briefing was much starker and reflected the urgency posed by the case in Thailand.
Van Kerkhove’s message was not lost on reporters. The Telegraph in Britain headlined its article on the news conference: “WHO refuses to rule out human-to-human spread in China’s mystery coronavirus outbreak.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/17/trumps-false-claim-that-who-said-coronavirus-was-not-communicable/

Do I expect these facts to change the minds of Trumpleton's? Why would I? They never have in the past.

From WHO directly-

Pneumonia of unknown cause – China

Disease outbreak news
5 January 2020

On 31 December 2019, the WHO China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology (unknown cause) detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. As of 3 January 2020, a total of 44 patients with pneumonia of unknown etiology have been reported to WHO by the national authorities in China. Of the 44 cases reported, 11 are severely ill, while the remaining 33 patients are in stable condition. According to media reports, the concerned market in Wuhan was closed on 1 January 2020 for environmental sanitation and disinfection.

The causal agent has not yet been identified or confirmed. On 1 January 2020, WHO requested further information from national authorities to assess the risk.

National authorities report that all patients are isolated and receiving treatment in Wuhan medical institutions. The clinical signs and symptoms are mainly fever, with a few patients having difficulty in breathing, and chest radiographs showing invasive lesions of both lungs.

According to the authorities, some patients were operating dealers or vendors in the Huanan Seafood market. Based on the preliminary information from the Chinese investigation team, no evidence of significant human-to-human transmission and no health care worker infections have been reported.

Public Health Response

National authorities have reported the following response measures:

One hundred and twenty-one close contacts have been identified and are under medical observation;
The follow-up of close contacts is ongoing;
Pathogen identification and the tracing of the cause are underway;
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission carried out active case finding, and retrospective investigations have been completed;
Environmental sanitation and further hygiene investigations are under way.
WHO is closely monitoring the situation and is in close contact with national authorities in China.

WHO risk assessment

There is limited information to determine the overall risk of this reported cluster of pneumonia of unknown etiology. The reported link to a wholesale fish and live animal market could indicate an exposure link to animals. The symptoms reported among the patients are common to several respiratory diseases, and pneumonia is common in the winter season; however, the occurrence of 44 cases of pneumonia requiring hospitalization clustered in space and time should be handled prudently.

Wuhan city, with a population of 19 million, is the capital city of Hubei province, with a population of 58 million people. WHO has requested further information on the laboratory tests performed and the differential diagnoses considered.

WHO advice

Based on information provided by national authorities, WHO’s recommendations on public health measures and surveillance of influenza and severe acute respiratory infections still apply.

WHO does not recommend any specific measures for travellers. In case of symptoms suggestive of respiratory illness either during or after travel, travellers are encouraged to seek medical attention and share travel history with their healthcare provider.

WHO advises against the application of any travel or trade restrictions on China based on the current information available on this event.
Pneumonia of unknown cause – China

Pneumonia of unknown cause – China

www.who.int

the above comes from the link of timeline for Jan 5.

Archived: WHO Timeline - COVID-19

31 Dec 2019China reported a cluster of cases of in Wuhan, Hubei Province. A novel coronavirus was eventually identified.1 January 2020WHO had set up the IMST (Incident Management Support Team) across the three levels of the organization: headquarters, regional headquarters and country level...

www.who.int

5 January 2020

WHO published our first Disease Outbreak News on the new virus. This is a flagship technical publication to the scientific and public health community as well as global media. It contained a risk assessment and advice, and reported on what China had told the organization about the status of patients and the public health response on the cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan.

Read the date moron. Dec31

and read what else WHO said. It’s IN this thread

 

[depotoo]

Jan 14, still no human to human transmission

 

[Lesh]

Jan 3. 44 cases

 

[depotoo]

The article (which I'd love to post in full) goes in to great detail on the timeline of the WHO's announcements regarding the viral outbreak in China. The thing is, much of the WH accusations against the WHO comes down to not recognizing (on purpose) the nuance in their announcements. Especially regarding the Jan. 14 tweet most often cited and the Jan. 14 press conference that is more granular about what the WHO knew at the time.

It is typically this kind of nuance that Trumpleton's, and all conspiracy theorists, exploit when taking a grain of truth and spinning it in to something it is not. As it happens, Trump's accusations are more about his endless search for a scapegoat than they are reflective of the truth.

Jan. 14 WHO tweet: “Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China.”

Jan. 14 WHO news briefing: “From the information that we have it is possible that there is limited human-to-human transmission, potentially among families, but it is very clear right now that we have no sustained human-to-human transmission,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, acting head of the WHO’s emerging diseases unit. “It is still early days, we don’t have a clear clinical picture.”
Van Kerkhove added, however, that human-to-human transmission would not be surprising given the WHO’s experience with SARS, MERS and other respiratory pathogens.

“What we have seen from both SARS and from MERS is we have had limited human-to-human transmission, and that there are amplification events,” Van Kerkhove told reporters. “There is the possibility that transmission can be amplified. Most notably in health-care facilities.”

Analysis: The Jan. 14 tweet has gotten the most attention, and both the tweet and the news release continue with the “no clear evidence” language. But the news briefing was much starker and reflected the urgency posed by the case in Thailand.
Van Kerkhove’s message was not lost on reporters. The Telegraph in Britain headlined its article on the news conference: “WHO refuses to rule out human-to-human spread in China’s mystery coronavirus outbreak.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/17/trumps-false-claim-that-who-said-coronavirus-was-not-communicable/

Do I expect these facts to change the minds of Trumpleton's? Why would I? They never have in the past.

From WHO directly-

Pneumonia of unknown cause – China

Disease outbreak news
5 January 2020

On 31 December 2019, the WHO China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology (unknown cause) detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. As of 3 January 2020, a total of 44 patients with pneumonia of unknown etiology have been reported to WHO by the national authorities in China. Of the 44 cases reported, 11 are severely ill, while the remaining 33 patients are in stable condition. According to media reports, the concerned market in Wuhan was closed on 1 January 2020 for environmental sanitation and disinfection.

The causal agent has not yet been identified or confirmed. On 1 January 2020, WHO requested further information from national authorities to assess the risk.

National authorities report that all patients are isolated and receiving treatment in Wuhan medical institutions. The clinical signs and symptoms are mainly fever, with a few patients having difficulty in breathing, and chest radiographs showing invasive lesions of both lungs.

According to the authorities, some patients were operating dealers or vendors in the Huanan Seafood market. Based on the preliminary information from the Chinese investigation team, no evidence of significant human-to-human transmission and no health care worker infections have been reported.

Public Health Response

National authorities have reported the following response measures:

One hundred and twenty-one close contacts have been identified and are under medical observation;
The follow-up of close contacts is ongoing;
Pathogen identification and the tracing of the cause are underway;
Wuhan Municipal Health Commission carried out active case finding, and retrospective investigations have been completed;
Environmental sanitation and further hygiene investigations are under way.
WHO is closely monitoring the situation and is in close contact with national authorities in China.

WHO risk assessment

There is limited information to determine the overall risk of this reported cluster of pneumonia of unknown etiology. The reported link to a wholesale fish and live animal market could indicate an exposure link to animals. The symptoms reported among the patients are common to several respiratory diseases, and pneumonia is common in the winter season; however, the occurrence of 44 cases of pneumonia requiring hospitalization clustered in space and time should be handled prudently.

Wuhan city, with a population of 19 million, is the capital city of Hubei province, with a population of 58 million people. WHO has requested further information on the laboratory tests performed and the differential diagnoses considered.

WHO advice

Based on information provided by national authorities, WHO’s recommendations on public health measures and surveillance of influenza and severe acute respiratory infections still apply.

WHO does not recommend any specific measures for travellers. In case of symptoms suggestive of respiratory illness either during or after travel, travellers are encouraged to seek medical attention and share travel history with their healthcare provider.

WHO advises against the application of any travel or trade restrictions on China based on the current information available on this event.
Pneumonia of unknown cause – China

Pneumonia of unknown cause – China

www.who.int

the above comes from the link of timeline for Jan 5.

Archived: WHO Timeline - COVID-19

31 Dec 2019China reported a cluster of cases of in Wuhan, Hubei Province. A novel coronavirus was eventually identified.1 January 2020WHO had set up the IMST (Incident Management Support Team) across the three levels of the organization: headquarters, regional headquarters and country level...

www.who.int

5 January 2020

WHO published our first Disease Outbreak News on the new virus. This is a flagship technical publication to the scientific and public health community as well as global media. It contained a risk assessment and advice, and reported on what China had told the organization about the status of patients and the public health response on the cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan.

Read the date moron. Dec31

and read what else WHO said. It’s IN this thread

Read the dates moron. Post#16

 

[Billy_Bob]

Lets review a few facts:

1. The bat species that hosts this virus lives some 900kl from Wuhan. The bat is not indigenous to this area so it is not found in the wet market.

2. The Virology Lab that is experimenting on this species is very close to the wet market.

3. The Doctor running the lab, Lun is known for "graylining" viruses. This is where the viruses are grown with other viruses that are highly infectious creating a new strain that has those highly infectious properties. This allows the virus to appear natural but it has been manipulated as these two viruses live in different parts of the earth and would not naturally combine. In this case COVID-19 has the L and S proteins of the HIV virus.

Dr's have looked at this new virus under electron microscopes and determined they were not "spliced" but the combinations were very suspicious as the viruses that contain them live in far reaching places and would not have met each other except in a lab. These doctors also suggest that the combining allowed this to jump to humans.

The Chinese had to know how infectious this was from the start.

4. Patient ZERO was a female from the Wuhan lab who was infected according to intelligence gathered from the area. Her boyfriend became infected and spread it to some 40 other people before it entered the Wuhan Market.

5. The Chinese government locked down the city and closed local traffic in or out except for people traveling internationally. They then proceeded to disinfect the city as the death toll grew.

6. Doctors who sounded the alarm are now dead or missing. All information about the virus has been destroyed along with tissues and any way to track it from the dead. All bodies were cremated.

7. The flu has an infectious rate of 1->1.3. Each person who gets the flu will spread it to one other and some times two others. CCOVID-19 has a rate of 1->5.7. This means one person who gets this virus will spread it to 5-6 people during the incubation phase while they are A-symptomatic. This virus is 6 times more contagious than the flu and unlike the flu, you dont know your contagious. This virus attacks the lungs, heart, brain, and vascular systems, unlike the flu. We have no acquired immunities to this virus so once infections start you can not stop it. This is why Wuhan raged like a bon fire and the deaths there were in the 80,000 to 100,000 range, of which the Chinese lied about.

In my opinion and that of my colleges who worked in the NBC field (Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological warfare) This virus is the perfect killing machine. We had no immunity to it. It was released (intentionally or unintentionally) into a populace that was tightly compacted where it spread like wildfire. The Chinese tried to stop it inside their country but allowed other international countries to be seeded with this virus.

The WHO was told the virus was transmittable by Taiwan Officials on Dec 12th yet they continued to say there was no human to human transmission until January 14th. Why did the WHO continue this lie when they clearly knew of its abilities?

Was it ignorance or criminal? Their actions tell me they knew, so it leaves but one alternative.

 

[Esdraelon]

Do I expect these facts to change the minds of Trumpleton's? Why would I? They never have in the past.

Nuance? A person shilling for a party that parsed and played every word Trump uttered to sell a lie about him and his supporters, talks about NUANCE? Put the pipe down, Cletus...
BTW, should you ever actually want to engage other adults in any kind of meaningful discourse, you should consider not insulting a group of 70 million diverse individuals as though they all are mentally deficient. That kind of generalizing and broad-brushing always indicates a lazy mind.