At this year's World Health Assembly, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison advocates ending the pandemic. This is in contrast to many officials planning to accept Covid as a permanent part of life.
We applaud P.M. Morrison.
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We applaud P.M. Morrison.
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https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1399697177031680000
WHO announced greek letter naming for variants.
More attention must be paid to _eliminating_ all variants rather than tolerating them. If we eliminated COVID-19 --- which we CAN -- we wouldn't need to name variants at all. Intentional success is possible in a few months.
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More attention must be paid to _eliminating_ all variants rather than tolerating them. If we eliminated COVID-19 --- which we CAN -- we wouldn't need to name variants at all. Intentional success is possible in a few months.
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Stigma for countries of origin makes no sense... At the rate we're going, every country will have its own dangerous variant soon.
The main issue isn't stigma over their variant -- it's that ALL countries are will suffer due to the continued tolerance of COVID!
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The main issue isn't stigma over their variant -- it's that ALL countries are will suffer due to the continued tolerance of COVID!
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Of course, this is only if we continue following WHO's strategy. We could instead switch strategies, and choose to eliminate COVID.
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Meanwhile, Vietnam's new variant appears quite rapidly spreading. Authorities shut down flights to major cities, and neighbors like China tighten border security -- while WHO fails to recognize this as a variant of concern.
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https://twitter.com/TelGlobalHealth/status/1399759323446788101
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Thanks to @geekblake for help in putting together today's update
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