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The World Health Organization, which declared the outbreak a global health emergency this week, has recommended against any travel or trade restrictions in response to the outbreak. Member countries, however, do not have to comply with that guidance.
“Although travel restrictions may intuitively seem like the right thing to do, this is not something that WHO usually recommends,” said Tarik Jašarević, a WHO spokesperson. “This is because of the social disruption they cause and the intensive use of resources required,” he added.
“Adopting these restrictions undermines the cooperative approach we need to respond to this kind of outbreak, specifically by undermining the authority of the WHO, which has recommended against these restrictions,” Worsnop said.
Worsnop said she is hopeful that the WHO will be able to hold countries accountable for disregarding its guidance, including pressing countries for scientific justification for their travel policies and calling out governments that have gone against its recommendations.
originally posted by: harold223
I'm really not sure what this thread is supposed to be achieving - sowing discord?
I'm a socialist from way back, an Australian - an active member of an Australian socialist political party in fact. I trust the CCP about as much as I trust the Trump administration - as far as I can throw them. I like the Chinese people though, for the most part. And Americans are nice folk too, by and large
It seems that some people for various reasons like winning an argument at all costs even going against their own conscience will continually choose the side of evil.