{"id":40103,"date":"2020-12-06T06:50:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T10:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=40103"},"modified":"2020-12-06T06:50:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T10:50:04","slug":"see-how-who-director-tedros-adhanom-has-been-deliberately-lying-about-herd-immunity-to-promote-a-global-covid-vaccination-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=40103","title":{"rendered":"See how WHO Director Tedros Adhanom has been deliberately lying about herd immunity to promote a global Covid vaccination regime!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Herd immunity, an \u2018unethical\u2019 COVID-19 strategy, Tedros warns policymakers<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->UN News<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40113\" style=\"width: 1180px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40113\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40113\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image1170x530cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image1170x530cropped.jpg 1170w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image1170x530cropped-300x136.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image1170x530cropped-1024x464.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image1170x530cropped-768x348.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WFP\/Mehedi Rahman<br \/>Heavy monsoon rains, such as in Bangladesh, leave already vulnerable people with less access to COVID-19 treatments.<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-news-story-lead field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Using the principle of so-called \u201cherd immunity\u201d to stem the COVID-19 pandemic is \u201cunethical\u201d and \u201cnot an option\u201d countries should pursue to defeat the virus, the UN health agency chief warned on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraphs-items paragraphs-items-field-news-story paragraphs-items-field-news-story-full paragraphs-items-full\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-news-story field-type-paragraphs field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<div class=\"entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-one-column-text\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-text-column field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u201cHerd immunity is a concept used for vaccination, in which a population can be protected from a certain virus if a threshold of vaccination is reached\u201d, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (<a class=\"word-link\" title=\"World Health Organization\" href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHO<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/dg\/speeches\/detail\/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---12-october-2020\u00a0\">told <\/a>the agency\u2019s regular press briefing in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>But, he explained, it is achieved by protecting people from the virus, \u201cnot by exposing them to it\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dnd-widget-wrapper context-un_news_default type-twitter atom-align-right\">\n<div class=\"dnd-atom-rendered\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=UN_News_Centre&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1315674531600588801&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.un.org%2Fen%2Fstory%2F2020%2F10%2F1075232&amp;siteScreenName=UN_News_Centre&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1315674531600588801\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNever in the history of public health has herd immunity been used as a strategy for responding to an outbreak\u201d, the WHO chief said, calling it \u201cscientifically and ethically problematic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>To obtain herd immunity from measles, for example, about 95 per cent of the population must be vaccinated. However, according to WHO estimates, less than 10 per cent of the global population has any immunity to the <a class=\"word-link\" title=\"Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus<\/a>, leaving the \u201cvast majority\u201d of the world susceptible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLetting the virus circulate unchecked, therefore, means allowing unnecessary infections, suffering and death\u201d, Tedros said.<\/p>\n<h3>Cases on the rise<\/h3>\n<p>Tedros noted that in recent days, the world was seeing the most rapid rise in infections during the course of the whole pandemic, especially in Europe and the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach of the last four days has been the highest number of cases reported so far\u201d, he stated. \u201cMany cities and countries are also reporting an increase in hospitalizations and intensive care bed occupancy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO chief also reminded that, as an \u201cuneven pandemic\u201d, every country is responding differently, and stressed that outbreaks can be controlled using targeted measures, such as by preventing amplifying events, isolation and testing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a choice between letting the virus run free and shutting down our societies\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<h3>Again: \u2018No silver bullet\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>WHO noted that many have harnessed their stay-at-home time to develop plans, train health workers, increase testing time and capacity, and improve patient care.<\/p>\n<p>And digital technologies are helping to make tried-and-tested public health tools even more effective, such as better smartphone apps to support contact tracing efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe well understand the frustration that many people, communities and Governments are feeling as the pandemic drags on, and as cases rise again\u201d, Tedros said.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are \u201cno shortcuts, and no silver bullets\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Only a comprehensive approach, using every tool in the toolbox, has proven effective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy message to every country now weighing up its options is: you can do it too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/10\/1075232\">https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/10\/1075232<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herd immunity, an \u2018unethical\u2019 COVID-19 strategy, Tedros warns policymakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}