don’t you feel, that we need another WHO ? One, which is independent from WHO, which has it’s own opinions and is competing with WHO1 ?
Just like we have different news agencies. The problem is too big for one WHO and they might follow their own interests there could be corruption in some areas. I would feel better if we had more than one WHO.
I hesitate to say that I don’t trust them, but their public communication is now notoriously bad, and their “communicators” are well aware of the consequensces of bad communication. They know we’ve challenged their verity; they know the substance of that challenge, and so far they’ve had nothing (zip) to say about it.
Bout time for another photon torpedo.
• WHO Pandemic Influenza Phases - which phase are we in? added 12/13/05 o Fox news 5/23/05 So far, the H5N1 bird flu has been at stage 4: small, highly localized clusters of human infections. At this stage, the virus cannot spread easily from person to person. The new evidence suggests — but does not yet prove — that bird flu may be moving to stage 5. o Recombinomics 7/05 o Flu Wiki Forum discussion of whether phase 4 definition (or beyond) is currently satisfied 12/13/05 o Flu Wiki Forum description of WHO focus from 60 Minutes Bird Flu Segment 12/13/05
WHO Visit Detail Dec 15 2005
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Good. They should be aware of the discussion.
Why don’t we have a whole free market of WHOs to improve their communication and their overall response to our health needs?
Wait a minute, isn’t that exactly what led to Big Media with disco news, Reality TV & Hollywood gossip and a world that’s mostly blissfully unaware of H5N1? Or to Big Pharma, with daily spam selling us Viagra and Vioxx but no vaccines?
heh. A fully commercial WHO wouldn’t tackle H5N1… no profit in vaccines, etc. But their web page might have more ads.
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