The WHO’s dubious decisions demonstrate that its officials are either too rigid or incompetent (or both) to make necessary adjustments to the pandemic warning system – which is what we have come to expect from an organization that is scientifically challenged, self-important, and unaccountable. It may be able to perform and report worldwide surveillance – i.e., count numbers of cases and fatalities – but its policy role should be drastically reduced.
世卫组织令人怀疑的决策表明其官员或者过于死板、或者没有能力（或者两种原因兼有）对流行病警报系统做出必要的调整，这家机构不仅在科学上受到挑战、妄自尊大、而且对自己的所作所为不负责任。它或许可以组织实施全球范围内的监督和报告——即统计发病和死亡人数——但它的政策作用应该受到严格的限制。