04-20-2020, 01:06 PM
Of course the WHO wasn't perfect in its response. but FFS, it was pretty freaking obvious how serious the situation was to anyone bothering to pay attention, by the end of January. Those that did were aware of asymptomatic spread in the first week of February, and everyone should have figured it out from what happened on the cruise ships.
The biggest blunder The Who made, IMO, was not advising everyone in the world to wear a face covering. But, can it really be blamed for this? It first and foremost wanted to protect PPE supplies for health workers, so it advised the public not to wear masks, thinking the only alternative were the medical ones. It wasn't until people with a perspective beyond being in the medical field started showing how non-medical face coverings could be quite effective at stopping virus spread, that the call came for face coverings.
Lawsuits against The WHO are absurd. It would be like trying to sue a fiduciary when the business judgment rule applies.
The biggest blunder The Who made, IMO, was not advising everyone in the world to wear a face covering. But, can it really be blamed for this? It first and foremost wanted to protect PPE supplies for health workers, so it advised the public not to wear masks, thinking the only alternative were the medical ones. It wasn't until people with a perspective beyond being in the medical field started showing how non-medical face coverings could be quite effective at stopping virus spread, that the call came for face coverings.
Lawsuits against The WHO are absurd. It would be like trying to sue a fiduciary when the business judgment rule applies.