WHO official query, China, on ongoing “undiagnosed #pneumonia ” “epidemic” among children: Some evidentiary questions (mga nakakapagtaka lang)

WHO official query addressed to China on the  ongoing “undiagnosed #pneumonia ” “epidemic” among children: Some evidentiary questions (mga nakakapagtaka lang)

Doesn’t China have an anti-pneumonia vaccination program among children? The answer is yes, China has an anti-pneumonia vaccination program for children and adults. (there are hundreds of  articles on it)

Then, why are thousands of children being hospitalized due to an “undiagnosed pneumonia” in what has been termed as an ongoing epidemic?

Maybe it’s just a seasonal pneumonia? That will eventually go away and can be effectively contained with a more effectively implemented vaxx program — maybe they were not effectively distributing their anti-pneumonia vaccines? Hopefully. But why does it seem resistant to their existing vaxxes?

 Or is it caused by …. (tantantinnint — suspenseful music) … a new kind of pneumonia microorganism? (that’s why it’s resistant to existing vaxxes?). If it’s a new kind of pneumonia: Then, the medical community can easily familiarize itself with it and easily formulate the medicine from existing remedies. That could be manageable.

Kasi… if it’s a new zoonosis (tantantinnint — suspenseful music) or another coronavirus that’s new, or a new human-to-human transmissible avian flu virus – SASAKALIN KO NA SILA)

No need to panic, we are wiser (supposedly), it is respiratory, we know it can be airborne, we know infection can be minimized with good ventilation ( if in aircon spaces, open windows across each other, or cross-ventilation), and with wearing face masks. The Philippine Tourism Secretary seems to be the concurrent Health Secretary and will not close the borders, so we have to be smarter — and we already know how to prevent infection. We got this ….

We got this…

….right?

File photo: original photo shot by Myra Lambino, from the archives