THE WORLD HEALTH Organisation’s position on lockdowns has been mispresented in the media and by politicians in recent weeks.
A checkpoint in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province back in February. The sign reads: No outsides allowed into this village in this unusual time. Source: /PA Images Whatever the level of severity, it can be seen that there are different levels of lockdowns and there were different approaches in different countries.
A robust regime of identifying and isolating new cases is key to avoiding lockdowns, WHO advises, and a preferable way of controlling an infectious disease in the longer term. Nabarro, previously a candidate for the role of WHO director-general, is one of the seven special envoys on Covid-19. As such he makes regular appearances in Irish and UK media, and has also addressed the special Oireachtas committee on Covid-19 response.
The implication here is that other measures are needed before lockdown – as is the case in most countries, including Ireland. Hygiene and social distancing count as the primary defence. The Poynter Institute’s factchecking website PolitiFact followed up with Nabarro on how his comments were being championed by those who oppose lockdowns. His reply in a piece published 15 October:
#Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to youDr Hans Henri P. Kluge, the WHO’s regional director for Europe, made it clear in remarks on 15 October that the organisation sees the tightening of restrictions as a proportionate response to the situation unfolding in many EU countries.
Again, like Nabarro, he highlighted the importance of early and aggressive contact tracing, focusing on how South Korea and Japan used this method to break chains of transmission effectively, but that other countries are not maintaining a tracing regime that has the necessary focus and speed. Nabarro is clear that a strong approach here is key to being able to avoid lockdowns, and that’s what the World Health Organisation advises countries to do, as it has proven successful. The only time when you need to really restrict movements is when outbreaks are building up and you do that, the movement restrict, locally. It’s not necessarily got to be a nationwide restriction.
WHO Shame on you.
WHO Any articles on the absolute mess our health service is? Any articles on the homeless crisis/rent crisis? Any chance you could email my employers to tell them I've been asking questions on Twitter?
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WHO The journal couldn't fact check a turd fakenews
More importantly is the government's 5 level plan designed around ever increasing levels of lockdown? Yes. Is it our primary approach to dealing with COVID-19? Yes. Does it do more harm than good? Yes!!! Why are comments closed on your app?
The Journal as per usual gargling on their own excrement. Nabarro had said this quite a bit before it was widely reported (months) The WHO just held 2 conflicting stances for that period of time.
Mostly False
about as consistent as the propaganda spouted by the Journal
WHO Yes thanks for this. Amazing how many people think this
WHO Closed comments for the article on the app, pathetic.
WHO Why are they not called 'Global' Health Organisation(G.H.O), I'll tell you why, because the elite like to take the piss. WHO indeed.
WHO Nobody believes you any more. Fact!
WHO Really splitting hairs. Holohan and Martin haven't built any capacity or test and trace in the months since Apr... sure Martin took 6 weeks off in the summer
WHO This lock down with open schools is a nonsense.
WHO “It’s sometimes argued that Ireland never had a full lockdown.” Who writes this stuff? Seriously? It’s so bad. And then you wonder why you need to get the begging caps out to avoid going bust.
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