Easing coronavirus restrictions and attempting to prematurely reopen the economy could lead to a "vicious cycle" of economic and health disaster, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday.
"This is what we all fear, is a vicious cycle of public health disaster followed by economic disaster followed by public health disaster followed by economic disaster," Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO's emergencies program, said at a press conference at the organization's Geneva headquarters Wednesday. "If you reopen in the presence of a high degree of virus transmission, then that transmission may accelerate.
"If that virus transmission accelerates and you don't have the systems to detect it, it will be days or weeks before you know something has gone wrong," he said. "That has more danger for the economic system than it actually has on the health system in a sense." To avoid rolling out restrictions after they've been lifted, countries and regions that reopen need to have infrastructure in place to conduct widespread testing to quickly detect and isolate potential cases before they have a chance to spread, Ryan said. Without the capacity to test broadly, it will take weeks for officials to detect a new outbreak — giving it weeks to circulate unchecked, he said.
I am just here for the comments. Hilarious.
When they should have warned they didn’t!
WHO has lost all credibility!
We don’t believe you ,,,go and quarantine your self
A message from the same guy who told us to not wear masks...
No Credibility here. 😡😡😡😡😡
'If'? It's too late for the U.S. now. The seeds of the aforementioned 'vicious cycle of economic and health disasters' are now being planted everyday in the U.S., as citizens ignore the science to move about in ignorance without a care or facemasks.
You know WHO just got another order from the CCP to misdirect the West when China has always done the opposite of WHO recommendations.
Why do we need the WHO? Perhaps we don't.
WHO = village idiot puppets of China
خارج الموضوع أنابعيد كل البعد عن النقد 🤐🤔
Payroled from China.
Believing a word this guy says means you think the world is square!!!!!
...and who cares what this guy says?
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The WHO lost all credibility when they supported China’s narrative. They are no longer relevant and the USA should permanently defund them!
Where was the WHO when China began lifting restriction?
Why doesnt the WHO shut up already? They’ve cocked up enough.
How about 'vicious cycle' caused by listening to the WHO?
Yeah sure. Just like our hospitals were going to be overwhelmed. Instead nurses were making tik-tok videos in empty hospitals.
does anyone actually still listen to these Chinese assets anymore?
We have learned to ignore the WHO, the weapon of China.