The WHO is not a government. Your government declares a state of emergency. Hence, following the lead of the WHO is the result of weak leadership who does not want to be seen as taking responsibility for shutting down an economy! The problem is aggravated by a lack of facts. The Communist shithole, China, quarantines 85 million people and reports only 2k deaths!? What do you have to be smoking to buy that crap? During 2012 the US spent US$ 8666 per capita on health care, while China spent US$ 480. China had 1.5 doctors for every 10,000 persons, while the US had 2.7. At the same time Italy, Spain and Portugal had an average of 4! Yet, the countries hardest hit are the ones with most doctors per capita, and/or spends the most on medical care per capita! At the core of this spending is investment in information systems, and specifically systems that at linked nationally. The only countries that potentially rival the US in this are Japan and Germany. China is arse backward is this regard! Hence, the most accurate reporting on the disease is coming from the US, and not China! In rural China people drive hundreds of miles to get to a clinic. In Beijing they stand in line around the block to see a specialist! Yet, this self-same Communist rathole now tells the world how to handle the disease! And the Western media laps it up!