WHO Names Virus 'COVID-19', Warns "Must Do Everything Now... Vaccine Will Take 18 Months" Profile picture for user Tyler Durden

WHO Names Virus 'COVID-19', Warns "Must Do Everything Now... Vaccine Will Take 18 Months"

by Tyler Durden

Tue, 02/11/2020 - 10:51

Update (Feb. 11): The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to downplay media reports of drug breakthroughs against the COVID-19 outbreak.
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Tuesday that the first vaccine against COVID-19 "could be ready in 18 months, so we have to do everything today using available weapons to fight this virus."
Last week, the WHO played down media reports of a drug breakthrough against the virus after Reuters said a Chinese media outlet had reported that a research team at Zhejiang University had discovered an effective drug to treat people.
Then Sky News reported last Wednesday that a team of scientists from Imperial College London had found a breakthrough vaccine.

All of the media reports of a breakthrough served one purpose, pump the stock market.
WHO made an effort last week to squash optimism of an imminent vaccine. It said there are "no known" drug treatments.

"There are no known effective therapeutics against this 2019-nCoV and WHO recommends enrollment into a randomized controlled trial to test efficacy and safety," WHO said in a statement last week.

And while much of the drug breakthrough optimism boosted the stock market – the latest from the WHO of no vaccine for 18 months could top tick stocks.

So how has Twitter reacted to no vaccine for 18 months?