The World Health Organisation has said we are only at the “halfway mark” of the pandemic and warned against treating Covid like flu, days after the Government said it intended to do just that. MailOnline has the story.
David Nabarro, the WHO’s special envoy for Covid, said the comparisons were irresponsible because they suggest coronavirus “has suddenly got incredibly weak”.
He told Sky News: “It can also mutate and form variants and we’ve seen several but we know there are more not far away.
“So quite honestly, we are not saying that this should be considered to be like flu or indeed like anything else – it’s a new virus, and we must go on treating it as though it is full of surprises, very nasty and rather cunning.”
The official called on leaders to “stay focused on the job” as he claimed we were only at the “halfway mark” of the pandemic.
Parallels between coronavirus and influenza are being drawn in the U.K. now that Omicron is causing around the same number of deaths as a bad flu season.
Boris Johnson last week signalled his intention to lift isolation rules for Covid sufferers, highlighting that people with flu don’t legally have to quarantine.
And Health Secretary Sajid Javid pointed to the U.K.’s falling case numbers and relatively low hospital rates as he said “we need to learn to live with Covid in the same way we have to live with flu”.
Asked about the comparisons, Dr. Nabarro told Sky News: “I keep wondering what the people who make these amazing predictions know that I and my colleagues in the WHO don’t know.
“You see, what people are seeing from around the world and reporting to the WHO is this is still a very, very dangerous virus, especially for people who have not been vaccinated and who’ve not been exposed to it before.”
Did you spot the factual error there, saying Omicron was causing the same number of deaths as a bad flu season when deaths in the most recent week were well below average?
Dr. Nabarro’s comments also make no sense in the U.K. context, as he refers to “people who have not been vaccinated and who’ve not been exposed to it before”, which refers to almost zero percent of the U.K. population.
Will they ever let the emergency end?
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As one of the Johnsons in ‘Blazing Saddles’ said ‘praire shit’.
This arrogant and outstandingly ugly person (why are they all so bloody ugly?) has continuously spouted self-serving, patronising tripe. Does he think we haven’t noticed?
Nabarro warns against equating Covid with flu. In other news, CDC retires the discredited PCR test as it cannot differentiate Covid from flu
What is that lapel badge he’s wearing?
The senile old fool can carry on hiding behind his sofa then. Anybody with anything between their ears is done with this rubbish now if they ever went along with any of it
“It can also mutate and form variants and we’ve seen several but we know there are more not far away.”
Really?
How do we know there are more variants not far away?
Perhaps there’s something we’re not being told, like covid is a man made disease and therefore there are more man made variants to come.
Just like the 8 other coronaviruses in circulation mutated and formed variants over the past 100 years and generally conspired to kill the entire humanity.
“full of surprises, very nasty and rather cunning” sounds like a perfect description of our collectivist governments.
They would say that wouldn’t they?
These people are mad. One day it’s things are improving really well. The next it’s the situation is terrible.
Not fit for purpose IMO.
Right on cue…. another deadly variant on Moronic!
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/stealth-omicron-everything-we-know-about-new-under-investigation-covid-19-strain-ba-2/ar-AAT4Hv2?ocid=msedgntp
Expect to see more lunacy from our politicians.
David Nabarro looks like an evil mafia boss. The guy is as shady as a shady thing.
It should be renamed Baldrick if it is that cunning.
Another one of Mr Gates supplicants, Gates is now basically running the world, Do you recall his name being on the ballot paper?
I was going to post my views yesterday but decided to sleep on them instead. On reflection I think it was the right decision.
Their statement tells you all you need to know about WHO.
Only halfway? According to what measure and what is the end point? The complete reset of the entire world in the image of Klaus?
I am reminded of how Laurens van der Post described captivity by the Japanese in WWII: ‘It is one of the hardest things in this prison life: the strain caused by being continually in the power of people who are only half-sane and live in a twilight of reason and humanity.’
Well since around 50% of the UK population are modelled to have been infected, the rest of the 97.5ish% must be due to vaccination.
100 – 97.5 = 2.5. this isn’t ‘exactly zero” as Jones claims.
And if Jones and his fellow anti-vaxxers had their way, where would be be?
All you people who absorb this crap should start thinking.
Nabarro looks like Jim Brannen , erstwhile patriarch from Eastenders. However, I would genuinely consult old Jim about dealing with a seasonal respiratory virus than you get from this hypocritical scaremongering oaf. .
A virus so cunning that every measure ostensibly taken to control it leads to higher and higher “case” rates.
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“which refers to almost zero percent of the U.K. population”
I’m wondering if I might fall into that category. Which is why my current plan is to get out there and mix with the washed masses, to get that tick in the box, before Covid is gone.
Good work! Let me guess, you wiped the handle of your trolley every you went shopping?
Providing the state doesn’t get involved, I normally make an effort to be an early-adopter with viruses to keep my immune system strong and on its toes.
Ironically, with Covid bans and lockdowns etc, 99% of the population might have adopted before me.
Either that or my life’s strategy has worked and I’ve had Covid without noticing.
I’m genuinely running out of “vaccinated” acquaintances who haven’t yet had the Rona. Yet of the small number of unvaxxed that I know, none have had it. Moronic variant seems to perform very badly against the innate immune system unless you have torpedoed it with big pharma potions.
He just needs a white cat and an unattractive soviet assistant
Treating COVID like flu is an over-reaction.
Interesting to see how you idiots can learn basic concepts from each other.
This is a common one. It’s really gaining traction.
Please have a point when you post and stop being a communist troll.
Thank you.
Why don’t you just piss off.
How on earth can this man know we are only at the halfway point of the pandemic! Absolutely ridiculous.
Considering how wrong the WHO has been over the last two years you would think he has learnt his lesson.
However, why would the WHO make such a pronouncement. I think the clue is in the part of the statement he made to say that Omicron is deadly and it is the unvaccinated are the ones’ dying.
It is clearly in the interests of the vaccine companies (and also the Chinese Govt) to have such things said. And who are the WHO’s main paymasters – Gates, the vaccine companies and the Chinese Govt; what a surprise!!!!!
If you follow the money you will usually get very to the truth.
Coz they planned it!
He is expertly advised by Professor Tedros Gabrieljesus, VC, MC.
Do not laugh. Gabrieljesus, I say.
Well perhaps they are modelling which parts of the globe hasn’t had enough coverage yet.
This allows techniques like maths to be used to make estimates.
It may be a big surprise that our little bit is not representative of the whole.
It’s a point that your article writes doesn’t discuss deliberately, praying on his weak minded readership. You all swallow the garbage, then say thank you.
No, you are gibbering.
Typo! I think you’ll find his name is Dave Nobber.
very nasty and rather cunning.
poor old sausage. He’s obviously not a clue that a virus cannot be either nasty or cunning. It’s not an angry fox. It’s a virus. And last I looked it’s not even a very good one.
Jog on dick head.
Hey, Nabarro; talk all you want….
How can i frame this response so as to make you fully aware of the absolute contempt i have for you as an individual, the organisation that you represent, and the insidious covert Eugenicist technocracy that you wish to inflict on the 99%…..FUCK OFF!
Why do I find myself swearing? I never used to swear.
It helps!
Because it is a very effective form of catharsis.
I find myself resorting to profanity quite often lately 🙁
Boris Johnson held lockdown BIRTHDAY PARTY in Downing Street complete with cake, M&S nibbles and singing: Carrie hosted bash for PM’s 56th with 30 guests in No10’s Cabinet Room when indoor gatherings were banned
Looks like it’s time to say goodbye to bozo. I think he’ll be gone by the end of the month, these are trivial acts compared to the real sleaze & corruption of the Tory government, but clearly someone wants him gone.
Not a surprise, if the next part of the panto is war with Russia, not much point speculating whose going to take over, I’m sure that’s been decided already.
Of course. Johnson is again not playing to the script but planning to lift some Corona restrictions. Everybody who has anything to lose from that will want him gone speedily because of this. That’s why we’ve been swamped with seriously old news about him for weeks now (2020 is long gone).
Yep he is trying to win over the right wing idiots. But..you still hate him…
Kim Jong Johnson is a great fat communist fraud.
Outside of Germany (this sounds very German if it’s European) the establishment script is not All victims of our policies must be Nazis! If Johnson is up to anything, it would be governing at least somewhat in line with the principles of the party which made him PM and maybe also a little stop pointlessly mistreating the public. I also certainly don’t hate this guy, as I haven’t bought a ready-made Amazon-character for want of having one. Hating people one doesn’t even know is pretty stupid. I just think he should eventually take responsibility for all the bad policy decisions he made. And that’s not because I secretly long for being mistreated even more harshly, if you catch my drift.