Do you ever wonder what part the World Health Organization (WHO) played in the world outbreak of the latest swine flu virus? Was it there response or the work of national governments that lead to ending the pandemic and how over hyped was the actual situation? Talking about the response of organizations and governments the author of “A pandemic of hindsight” claims that some hindsight is productive but that the majority of the answers are going to be found by looking forward and hindsight is not the answer. Another article from Nature “After the pandemic” the author takes a more defensive stance and claims the World Health Organization did an overall well job in handling the pandemic. Both authors discuss the same world event but one takes more of a direct stance for the World Health Organization and the other takes a more indirect stance in defending the WHO by claiming hindsight is not the answer and looking forward is the better solution. Though the article doesn’t seem to agree with all the WHO did it does not directly attack their actions but more talks about what other agencies think of the situation.
In “A pandemic of hindsight” the author likes to talk about improving future public health emergency responses from the involvement of other organizations. A key claim the author brings about is that not all the agencies were on the same page in regards to how the pandemic was handled, or how future measures should change or as to what they should be.
The article “after the pandemic” directly defends the World Health Organization to a point where he claims they were not perfect in all they did but they responded well when faced with such huge obstacles and deserve better than to be accuses of false claims of self-interest from board members who also work for industry companies. The major backlash of the anonymity of the committee members is a problem that the author defends with reasons claiming it was needed at the time and now hindsight it could bite them in the ass but it is not a fair claim to accuse them of that now.
It’s hard to judge what should have happened, because I personally and not aware of the facts as to the real seriousness of the problem. What I am making out of the situation is that transparency plays a big role in the creditability of a public organization or agency.
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