Introdution by Dr. PCR: Marc G. Wathelet, a duel American/Belgian citizen spent 25 years as a scientist in the US, including a dozen years leading a group studying human coronaviruses including the one responsible for the SARS outbreak in 2003.
He is very concerned that public authorities have not grasped the extent of the threat, are responding too slowly and incompletely, and will suddenly find the health system unable to cope. Below I include a google translation of his Open Letter today to the Belgian Minister of Public Health.
Your public statements suggest that you do not fully understand the nature of the danger that Belgium and the rest of the world face. Naturally, you trust your group of experts who are unanimous in their view that Belgium is ready to face this new coronavirus.
I sent you a file via the SPF Health website on February 12, which indicates that if the proportion of symptomatic cases due to the new coronavirus reaches 1% of the population, we would be on the verge of a hospital crisis (your reference: CCAL0331485).
In an interview published yesterday, you answer the question But how many beds do we have exactly?
He is very concerned that public authorities have not grasped the extent of the threat, are responding too slowly and incompletely, and will suddenly find the health system unable to cope. Below I include a google translation of his Open Letter today to the Belgian Minister of Public Health.
Open letter to the Minister of Public Health.
February 27, 2020
Madam Minister,Your public statements suggest that you do not fully understand the nature of the danger that Belgium and the rest of the world face. Naturally, you trust your group of experts who are unanimous in their view that Belgium is ready to face this new coronavirus.
I sent you a file via the SPF Health website on February 12, which indicates that if the proportion of symptomatic cases due to the new coronavirus reaches 1% of the population, we would be on the verge of a hospital crisis (your reference: CCAL0331485).
In an interview published yesterday, you answer the question But how many beds do we have exactly?