The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the decision to issue the declaration despite a lack of consensus among members of WHO’s emergency committee. It was the first time the chief of the UN health agency has taken such an action.
“We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations,” Tedros said.
“I know this has not been an easy or straightforward process and that there are divergent views among the members” of the committee, he added.
Although monkeypox has been established in parts of central and west Africa for decades, it was not known to spark large outbreaks beyond the continent or to spread widely among people until May, when authorities detected dozens of epidemics in Europe, North America, and elsewhere.
Declaring a global emergency means the monkeypox outbreak is an “extraordinary event” that could spill over into more countries and requires a coordinated global response. WHO previously declared emergencies for public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak, the Zika virus in Latin America in 2016 and the ongoing effort to eradicate polio.
The emergency declaration mostly serves as a plea to draw more global resources and attention to an outbreak. Past announcements had mixed impact, given that the U.N. health agency is largely powerless in getting countries to act.
I thought they wanted to change the name. Lol did they decide it was too hard?
Caleb Parker
Get vaccinated, don't let it become another Covid with your anti vaccine rhetoric.
Bentley Clark
Who contracts niggerbraille again?
Niggers and faggots.
Lincoln Ward
This is how it starts. First, countries signed a treaty giving full powers to WHO. Now, they declare another scamdemic and take control of these countries.
Jace Long
WHO is your government now. pay attention
Noah Rogers
oh boy, the same organization that agreed with china when they went from 12k new cases a day to 0? That is noewew calling this a global emergency.... that isn't happening in china, inexplicably?
Fucking cunts. Who the fuck doesn't get their smallpox vaccine as a child?
Aaron Thompson
Hey they mentioned lockdowns yet or no?
Liam Diaz
Are we back to square 1 with bi-daily PCR tests for workplaces, quarantines, lockdowns and green passes?
Dylan Lee
I can't do this again, bros. If they roll out the lockdowns and the other restrictions I'm gonna have to leave this life. If I can't even live while I'm alive then what's the point of being here?
Justin Mitchell
>WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the decision to issue the declaration despite a lack of consensus among members of WHO’s emergency committee. It was the first time the chief of the UN health agency has taken such an action. HOLY BASED TEDROS, HE SLURPED THE SIGA DIP FOR SURE
Nathaniel Flores
The problem is faggots are all mentally ill buttfuckers and most of them probably WANT to get monkey pox.
Isaac Jackson
Party hard. Like its 1999
Ethan Garcia
Big time, someone knew something yesterday. And Check em
Christopher Bell
Interesting background shot. Theyre signalling something. Anyone know that particular painting? Looks like
