A piece of communication from the WHO. In Dutch policy, we do not notice any of this progressive insight, which started more than a month ago. Is it an exaggeration to say that Jaap van Dissel is sabotaging the WHO's line?
We have already received similar signals about air transmission (aerosols) from the WHO, CDC and other national institutes. It Yesterday's video, which can also be seen at the bottom of this post, leaves nothing to be desired in terms of clarity.
However, we still don't see any hard and fast rules regarding ventilation in the Netherlands. This is because the roll-out is left to the local WHO branches, and in the Netherlands that is the RIVM. So the Netherlands is just very unlucky with branch manager Van Dissel. Protesting doesn't help, scientific argument even less. I think we should complain to the WHO and ask for a transfer? Maybe they have no idea about the chaos in the Netherlands, this clumsiness is also a stain on their reputation!
And now?
If we hadn't had a visionless entrenched scarecrow as a branch manager, we would have seen policy and adjusted measures such as:
- Mandatory display with CO2 level in public spaces (my idea 🤓)
- Linking adequate ventilation requirements to hospitality, theatre, conference, sports etc.
- Training installation companies
- define and implement certifications (low-virus, virus-free) or A/B/C/D codes
- Training inspectors
- Equipping boas with CO2 meters
- strict enforcement (check certification with e.g. CO2 level)
- Re-evaluating outdoor activities
- etc. etc.
All this could have been started in the summer if there had been scientists with vision and decisiveness in the OMT or in the cabinet. Or do they not become civil servants because of other possible problems, such as conflicts of interest?
Maurice deserves more credit
Maurice has been howling at the moon for at least six months, that much is certain. He should be given more praise, credit where credit is due.
His name is never mentioned among 'new discoveries' by the Dutch interesting doers who call themselves 'science journalists'. They flaunt 'discoveries' that many have been shouting in their ears since April. Maurice the hardest, after all, he has the biggest reach.
To write a journalistic piece about aerosols in the Netherlands without mentioning the merits of Maurice de Hond is like writing a piece about puerperal fever without mentioning the name Semmelweis occurs.
Maurice doesn't like the MSM news. Maybe jealous because he knows much better, signals more clearly, understands data? (although he writes a little less skillfully and pats himself on the back a bit often?) Or is it just lousy research? The latter has proven to be a constant in the Dutch media, at least during the corona crisis.
Niki, Maarten and associates: Shame, really shame!
But then again, when Maurice puts a WHO video on his site with his own logo in it, he makes it difficult for serious journalists to step over their own (and his) shadow. That's why I looked up the original vid:
