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Coronavirus outbreak is a pandemic, WHO says

“Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear, or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over, leading to unnecessary suffering and death”-@DrTedros

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.

The shift to “pandemic” means that slowing coronavirus spread is the goal, not stopping it– we are beyond any hope of containment, despite Donald Trump’s lies.

From today’s WHO briefing with Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, video embedded below:

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