{"id":2625,"date":"2020-03-07T20:39:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T00:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2020-03-07T20:39:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T00:39:32","slug":"the-un-can-be-too-funny-even-in-times-of-virus-outbreaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/the-un-can-be-too-funny-even-in-times-of-virus-outbreaks\/","title":{"rendered":"The UN can be too funny, even in times of virus outbreaks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FinalFunnyUN.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2626\" width=\"324\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FinalFunnyUN.jpg 463w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FinalFunnyUN-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 85vw, 324px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the article below, the UN declines to call\nthe coronavirus outbreak a pandemic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2020\/03\/07\/un-refuses-to-call-coronavirus-outbreak-a-pandemic-scientists-disagree\">https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2020\/03\/07\/un-refuses-to-call-coronavirus-outbreak-a-pandemic-scientists-disagree<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is somehow ironic how the UN has been scaring the planet with the impact of \u201cglobal warming of 1.5\u00b0C\u201d over years now. However, when it comes to a fast-growing virus transmission in several continents over days, it refuses to call the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, according to the UN website, \u201cclimate change\nis the defining issue of our time and we are at a defining moment\u201d: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/sections\/issues-depth\/climate-change\/\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/sections\/issues-depth\/climate-change\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, and ironically, according to the Word Health organization (WHO)&#8217;s website, a pandemic is the &#8220;worldwide spread of a new disease&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/csr\/disease\/swineflu\/frequently_asked_questions\/pandemic\/en\/\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/csr\/disease\/swineflu\/frequently_asked_questions\/pandemic\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi suspects that the UN may be reluctant to call a spade a spade for some  political reasons, rather than merely scientific and public health-related ones. A little bit like how the true phenomenon of global warming has been politicized, weaponized, and even at times radicalized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One can wonder if the UN will end up calling the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic in the near future, depending on how matters may evolve (no one knows when and how a worldwide outbreak ends).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless, one thing is sure: it is not because it\nwon\u2019t that people will stop fearing this new virus or that the latter will stop\ncrossing borders. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the article below, the UN declines to call the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic: https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2020\/03\/07\/un-refuses-to-call-coronavirus-outbreak-a-pandemic-scientists-disagree It is somehow ironic how the UN has been scaring the planet with the impact of \u201cglobal warming of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2635,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions\/2635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}