Did the news sources you trust and follow tell you about this very undiscerning part of the coronavirus story? In 2009, the WHO changed the definition for the influenza pandemic. Not to sway the readers opinion on that worldwide hot topic – to give you an idea, here is an excerpt directly from the WHO bulletin page. Even then the change was considered controversial and experienced a wide range of critique: “Since 2003, the top of the WHO Pandemic Preparedness homepage has contained the following statement: ‘An influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus appears against which the human population has no immunity, resulting in several simultaneous epidemics worldwide with enormous numbers of deaths and illness.’ However, on 4 May 2009, scarcely one month before the H1N1 pandemic was declared, the web page was altered ….
In 2009 the WHO changed the definition of an influenza pandemic – free content
Did the news sources you trust and follow tell you about this very undiscerning part of the coronavirus story? In 2009, the WHO changed the definition for the influenza pandemic. Not to sway the readers opinion on that worldwide hot topic – to give you an idea, here is an excerpt directly from the WHO bulletin page. Even then the change was considered controversial and experienced a wide range of critique: “Since 2003, the top of the WHO Pandemic Preparedness homepage has contained the following statement: ‘An influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus appears against which the human population has no immunity, resulting in several simultaneous epidemics worldwide with enormous numbers of deaths and illness.’ However, on 4 May 2009, scarcely one month before the H1N1 pandemic was declared, the web page was altered ….