COVID-19 commission slams governments’ response as ‘untrustworthy,’ urges investigation into virus origins
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Governments around the world meanwhile “showed themselves unreliable and ineffective”. Corona virus pandemicThis has resulted in several million deaths and a “massive global failure” on multiple levels, the Lancet COVID-19 Commission wrote in a report published on Wednesday.
“Too many governments have failed to adhere to the basic principles of institutional rationality and transparency, too many people – often swayed by misinformation – have disrespected and protested basic public health precautions, and the world Major powers have failed to cooperate to contain the pandemic, a panel of international experts wrote.
The commission also emphasized. Scientific community To speed up the search for the source of the virus that causes COVID-19.
“The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2 is still unknown,” the commission wrote. “Identifying these origins will provide greater clarity not only in the causes of current epidemics, but also in future outbreak threats and strategies to prevent them.”
Keshia Harris, with the Department of Environmental Services, cleans the room of a patient battling the coronavirus at Our Lady of Angels Hospital, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, in Bogalusa, La.
(Chris Granger/The Advocate via AP)
The origin of SARS-CoV-2 may be zoonotic, meaning that it emerged from a natural outbreak event, such as an infection in a wet market.
It can also be a virus. According to the commission, research-related origin is either from infection by a scientist in the field, infection in the laboratory while studying natural viruses, or infection “while studying viruses that have been genetically manipulated.” .
“Finding the origin requires impartial, independent, transparent and rigorous work by international teams in virology, epidemiology, bioinformatics and other related fields,” the commission wrote.
According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, at least 6.9 million deaths have been reported worldwide, but the actual number is closer to 17 million.
More than one million people have died in the United States alone, and according to the latest CDC data, about 350 Americans die every day.
A driver swabs a vial at a free drive-through COVID-19 testing site in the parking lot of Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pa., on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022.
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
World Health Organization The report “does not tell the full arc of WHO’s immediate, multi-year, life-saving response,” the commission responded to criticism on Wednesday.
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CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walinsky ordered the reorganization of the agency. last month to better prepare for future pandemics.
“For 75 years, CDC and public health have been preparing for COVID-19, and in our big moment, our performance reliably exceeded expectations,” he told employees, according to a statement obtained by The Washington Post. Not fulfilled.” “My goal is a new public health culture at CDC that emphasizes accountability, collaboration, communication and timeliness.”