Austin? I've been there, and waited for that to happen. Sadly, it didn't.Down here we have bats that live under bridges and people regularly gather to watch them fly out in the summer.
But yeah, good point about the cooking part.
Austin? I've been there, and waited for that to happen. Sadly, it didn't.Down here we have bats that live under bridges and people regularly gather to watch them fly out in the summer.
It is up to countries to make the best decisions to protect themselves. If you could google up all that and come to those conclusions, do you honestly believe the PhDs at the CDC and other national institutions around the world couldn't have done so, and informed their administrations accordingly? You think all those folks whose job it is to evaluate biological risks to their nations just take the WHO's word on everything, and go about their day?I'm not saying don't do science and go through the scientific method (especially on the drug treatments) but you can dig up the information out there and come to informed conclusions. If the WHO went with the super extremely likely near 100% confirmed fact that the virus was going person-to-person, maybe other countries would've taken better steps like Taiwan did and wouldn't have had to resort to lockdowns to control the spread. It's not like Taiwan just "guessed right" and got lucky on something that was like 50% or even 80% likely. It's not like the virus is oddly unique in any way that would cause it to behave radically different than anything we've seen before. When something that can happen so quickly and time is of the utmost importance, you have to veer toward where the information is pointing even if you can't be 100% yet.
I'm totally not trying to insinuate that any country's inadequate response is because of the WHO. The US's response is still a joke, countries over a month ago had better testing the US does now. Isn't the WHO's job, at the bare minimum, to point you in the right direction. Or what's the point of the organization in the first place?It is up to countries to make the best decisions to protect themselves. If you could google up all that and come to those conclusions, do you honestly believe the PhDs at the CDC and other national institutions around the world couldn't have done so, and informed their administrations accordingly? You think all those folks whose job it is to evaluate biological risks to their nations just take the WHO's word on everything, and go about their day?
The US made its own judgement call about its preparations, and trying to blame their lacking on the WHO is obvious responsibility shifting. It is the WHO's responsibility to report what they know, not what they guess.
Of course it matters. It matters if the disease originated in a wet market, because provides further evidence that wet markets are in dire need of regulation (or shutting down, as they did following SARS). It directly informs our response in terms of regulation and minimising risk.So you agree, where the virus made the first jump doesn't matter at all?
Those actually researching this do not believe it came from the market by animal, they actually believe it originated elsewhere near Wuhan and only spread at the market via human to human transmission at that point it being a busy population center.Of course it matters. It matters if the disease originated in a wet market, because provides further evidence that wet markets are in dire need of regulation (or shutting down, as they did following SARS). It directly informs our response in terms of regulation and minimising risk.
Can I see a source on this? Wet markets have a track record for providing the ideal environment for animal-to-human transmission.Those actually researching this do not believe it came from the market by animal, they actually believe it originated elsewhere near Wuhan and only spread at the market via human to human transmission at that point it being a busy population center.
Although I already linked some of the data earlier in the thread above, This states it a bit more plainly for the average reader to understand:Can I see a source on this? Wet markets have a track record for providing the ideal environment for animal-to-human transmission.
Can I see a source on this? Wet markets have a track record for providing the ideal environment for animal-to-human transmission.