范克霍夫并不是第一次对中国缺乏新冠肺炎的透明度大声疾呼,也不是唯一一个呼吁中国公开大流行开始的世界领导人。
今年3月，范克尔霍夫向《科学》杂志描述，世卫组织迟来的中国市场数据发现”令人愤怒”，称缺乏合作”可怕得要命”。
美国明尼苏达大学传染病研究与政策中心主任、总统任期内乔·拜登的新冠肺炎特别工作组成员迈克尔·奥斯特霍尔姆博士表示:”范·克霍夫的社论将WHO记录在案。”
“这会不会成为中国分享更多东西的令人信服的动力呢？ 不，他们会做他们要做的事情，”奥斯特霍尔姆说。
“我并不乐观,”他补充道。
This is not the first time Van Kerkhove has been vocal about China’s lack of transparency about Covid, nor is she the only world leader to call on China to be forthcoming about the beginnings of the pandemic.
In March, Van Kerkhove described to Science WHO’s late discovery of the Chinese data about the market as “beyond infuriating,” calling the lack of collaboration “scary as hell.”
Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and a member of President Joe Biden’s Covid task force during the presidential transition, said Van Kerkhove’s editorial puts WHO on the record on the issue.
“Will that be a compelling incentive for China to share more? No. They’re going to do what they’re going to do,” Osterholm said.
“I am not optimistic,” he added.