'This virus may never go away,' WHO says

MAY 13, 2020 / 11:57 AM / UPDATED 8 HOURS AGO

Emma Farge, Michael Shields

"GENEVA (Reuters) - The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, warning against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and calling for a “massive effort” to counter it.

“It is important to put this on the table: this virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away,” WHO emergencies expert Mike Ryan told an online briefing.

“I think it is important we are realistic and I don’t think anyone can predict when this disease will disappear,” he added. “I think there are no promises in this and there are no dates. This disease may settle into a long problem, or it may not be.”

However, he said the world had some control over how it coped with the disease, although this would take a “massive effort” even if a vaccine was found — a prospect he described as a “massive moonshot”.

More than 100 potential vaccines are being developed, including several in clinical trials, but experts have underscored the difficulties of finding vaccines that are effective against coronaviruses.

Ryan noted that vaccines exist for other illnesses, such as measles, that have not been eliminated."

moar:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-briefing/this-virus-may-never-go-away-who-says

and we are not all up in the W.H.O.' ass yet why?

Who controls the W.H.O.?

quis custodiet ipsos custodes

Oh yes, SOME of us know

just open the cage door, Boss

that is all you have to do

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