By: Yang Jianli & Aaron Rhode
The novel coronavirus outbreak that originated two months ago in Wuhan, China has become an international emergency.
But parallel to this public health emergency, the Wuhan epidemic has revealed how another virus has infected the single most important international body coordinating efforts to contain the Wuhan epidemic among other epidemics – the World Health Organization. That virus is the Chinese Communist Party – what we will call the CCP virus.
In a news conference on Jan. 30, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the WHO, declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which it has labeled COVID-19, a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.” The decision came a full week later than it should have been made, for which the WHO received harsh criticism. What caused the delay, which may have resulted in countless preventable deaths… [continue reading]