NZ media spin response to the WHO

 "Nothing to do with NZ" (sic)

Pure propaganda. It is an alternative to completely ignoring the information like BBC, CNN, the Guardian etc.

Simon Thornley and his Plan B group ar of course "enemies of the state"

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/10/coronavirus-who-official-s-anti-lockdown-comments-aimed-at-virus-ridden-countries-not-nz-experts.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Anti-lockdown comments by a top World Health Organization (WHO) official were aimed at countries battling widespread transmission of the virus because they failed to go hard and go early like New Zealand, a local expert says.

And another has suggested the comments, made by WHO special envoy on COVID-19 David Nabarro, actually back up New Zealand's strategy, rather than contradict it. 

Dr Nabarro last week published an article saying lockdowns "just freeze the virus in place", and it could be years before a vaccine can be rolled out globally.

He used stronger language in a follow-up interview with The Spectator, saying there was likely to be massive increases in global poverty and related problems like malnutrition if other ways of fighting the spread of the virus weren't prioritised.

"This is a terrible, ghastly global catastrophe actually," he told the British magazine. "And so, we really do appeal to all world leaders - stop using lockdown as your primary control method. Develop better systems for doing it. Work together and learn from each other. But remember, lockdowns just have one consequence that you must never, ever belittle - that is making poor people an awful lot poorer." 

Anti-lockdown activists like controversial University of Auckland epidemiologist 

Simon Thornley and his Plan B group pounced on Dr Nabarro's comments....

Will NZ follow WHO lead to ‘living with 

virus’?

https://www.covidplanb.co.nz/our-posts/will-nz-follow-who-lead-to-living-with-virus/

12 October 2020

Media Release

The Covid Plan B group is reassured by the shift of international policy and science consensus toward what had been a dissenting position six months ago; learning to 

live with the virus.

Over the weekend, the WHO’s David Nabarro said that lockdowns caused more 

harm than good, a position advocated by Covid Plan B back in April 2020.

But early in the Covid-19 crisis, the World Health Organisation supported lockdowns to contain ‘intense transmission’ of the virus, listing six conditions that must be met to 

lift such measures.

In a remarkable turnaround, Dr David Nabarro has stated that “Lockdowns just have one consequence that you must never ever belittle, and that is making poor people an awful lot poorer”.

He also commended the Great Barrington Declaration, an internationally supported statement against lockdowns, which instead calls for a change in government policy toward focused protection of the elderly and those who are vulnerable to the virus from 

pre-existing medical conditions, while letting the rest of the population return to 

normal life.

Dr Simon Thornley, spokesman for Covid Plan B, welcomed Nabarro’s statement 

as “a major change from the World Health Organisation”.

“We have drawn attention to the severe and disproportionate financial costs of lockdown policies in New Zealand.

“The virus is not as deadly as first claimed, so we must adjust our policies 

accordingly.

“The latest estimates for the infection fatality ratio, a measure of the severity of the 

virus, are between 0.15 to 0.2 0%, which is concordant with the range of figures for past influenza epidemics.

“Crippling our economies and sacrificing our children’s education can no longer be 

justified, since the harm from these policies outweighs any benefits.

“Our health system has largely avoided severe outbreaks in hospitals and nursing 

homes, and this is where the focus of our response to the virus should be.”

Contact: Simon Thornley, 021 299 1752