A letter from Taiwan to WHO: who is a liar and who is a whistleblower?
An e-mail to WHO from Taiwan revealed early warning of COVID-19 but no action was taken.
"News resources today indicate that at least seven atypical pneumonia cases were reported in Wuhan, CHINA. Their health authorities replied to the media that the cases were believed not SARS; however the samples are still under examination, and cases have been isolated for treatment.
I would greatly appreciate it if you have relevant information to share with us.
Thank you very much in advance for your attention to this matter.
Best Regards,”
Original Text can be viewed here:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-who-spar-again-over-coronavirus-information-sharing-idUSKCN21T0BA
Reply from Dr. Tedros, a director general of the World Health Organization, said that Taiwan didn’t mention possible human-to-to transmission in the mail.
However, as you can see, the e-mail clearly indicated that 7 cases were isolated and required further diagnosis. If this is no possible human-to-human transmission, why patients are required quarantine but not treated as a normal pneumonia case like others?
Taiwan is not even a member of the World Health Organization. This should be reported by China through the International Health Regulations and this is mandatory and responsibility for every member nation in the World Health Organization.
However, the truth behind this is more shocking that we heard. China didn’t do any action to warn anyone in advance. No report or result of examination on the first 7 cases was found. The first doctor who handled the case was even infected and passed away. Until it went to a very worst situation, the Chinese government didn’t treat it seriously in the very first place.
So, no political game and no argument but who actually does this job right?
This is not a video game in Plague Inc. This is a real-life issue. How can we survive in this situation if we know most death can be prevented at a very early stage of the pandemic. Human error and neglect are probably the main reasons for most kills in the spread of the virus.
I can’t imagine how long it will take to the world to recover from the pandemic and financial recession. Even we know what is true right now, it probably has a limited effect on the current situation.