China ignores offers of help from C.D.C. and W.H.O.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has offered for more than a month to send a team of experts to China to observe its coronavirus epidemic and help if it can. But no invitation from China has come — and no one can publicly explain why.
The World Health Organization, which made a similar offer about two weeks ago, appears to be facing the same cold shoulder, though a spokeswoman said it is just “sorting out arrangements.”
A possible reason, experts noted, is that outsiders could discover aspects of the outbreak that are embarrassing to China. For example, the country has not revealed how many of its doctors and nurses have died fighting the disease.
In private phone calls and texts, some Chinese medical professionals have said they are overwhelmed and would welcome not just extra hands, but specialized expertise.
On Friday, Alex M. Azar II, secretary of health and human services, said at a news briefing that he had recently reiterated the offer of a team to his Chinese counterpart, Dr. Ma Xiaowei.
Asked what the holdup was, Mr. Azar answered: “It’s up to the Chinese. We continue to expect fully that President Xi will accept our offer. We’re ready and willing and able to go.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/world/asia/coronavirus-china.html#link-68058c1d
China rechazando ayuda internacional a pesar de que se les ha ido de las manos. Lo cual solo puede insinuar que está mucho peor de lo pensado y no quieren dañar más su imagen internacional.
Yo creo que me voy a ir afiliando ya a los epidemiólogos que dan por imposible la contención y aceptan que será una nueva enfermedad crónica del planeta.
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Es una situación como poco extraña, porque un no nativo allí como se pase un poco le patean, y su mujer pertenece al partido. Sin conocer más, desde luego yo no les podría tomar como una fuente realista, sino como una en la que aunque igual el propio jabiertzo quiera criticar, nunca va a poder irse de madre por temor a que le larguen del país o haya represalias contra su mujer.
algo estilo control de daños aceptando pequeñas críticas para dar imagen de veracidad.