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The WHO is captured by China. You're not going to get any reports from doctors who have challenged the CCP narrative there.

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When I read who's statements like: do not close boarders to china because it will hurt business, I do start to wonder.

Yes, the WHO says quarantining within China is fine but canceling flights to other countries is unnecessarily punitive. It's absurd.

If China wants countries to open their doors again then they need to let the rest of the world's doctors in to help research the nature of this virus.

When did they give a statement like that? Show me

> No travel ban: Tedros, as he is called, said the WHO does not recommend limiting either trade or travel to China at this time. “In fact, we oppose it,” he said. The health organization said it would question border closures, quarantining of airplane passengers who aren’t ill, and similar steps.

https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615123/the-china-coronavi...

Wow. That's quite an imaginative claim. Got anything to support it?

It doesn't take much imagination. The head of the WHO does not recommend banning travel to/from China and constantly praises China's actions regarding this virus. Meanwhile, China arrested the very doctors who attempted to alert the public about the virus, and is effectively using quarantine within its own borders to stop its spread. So it makes no sense for the WHO to complain, on behalf of China, about travel bans, when China is implementing a massive travel ban on itself internally.

Correction: not arrest. They were summoned and given written warnings. China is quarantine one Province. Travel between other provinces are still not affected. International travel bans is basically as strict as traveling out of Hubei province, stricter than average travel restrictions in China.

That's an arrest. Arrest does not mean you go to jail. You're taken in for questioning for up to 24-48 hours at which point you must be further charged or released.

> International travel bans is basically as strict as traveling out of Hubei province, stricter than average travel restrictions in China.

The Chinese government censured doctors who sounded the alarm, and you want other countries to follow their advice? I'd say exercising more caution than China advises is appropriate given how little we know about this disease.

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