Decoding the data of the Chinese mpox outbreak

Almost exactly a year after the World Health Organization declared mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) a public health emergency, the hot spot for the outbreak has quietly moved from the US and Europe to Asia. (The WHO didn’t immediately respond to questions about its data aggregation practices; toda...

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Published inMIT Technology Review.com
Main Author Yang, Zeyi
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Technology Review, Inc 02.08.2023
Subjects
COVID-19 vaccines
Data management
International organizations
International relations
Lobbying
Military bases
Monkeypox
Outbreaks
Public health
Beijing China
United States > US
China
Europe
Taiwan
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Summary:Almost exactly a year after the World Health Organization declared mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) a public health emergency, the hot spot for the outbreak has quietly moved from the US and Europe to Asia. (The WHO didn’t immediately respond to questions about its data aggregation practices; today is a public holiday in Switzerland, where it’s headquartered.) Unfortunately, as the status of Taiwan remains one of the most sensitive security topics to Beijing, even the act of singling out the island’s public health data can be seen as a political move. (Wall Street Journal $) 5.
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