Purpose: Social distancing. Travel bans. Confinement. The purpose of this paper is to document that more than 50% of the world population is affected by World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for the 2020 coronavirus crisis. The WHO admits that the evidence quality for the effectiveness of these recommendations is low or very low. Design/methodology/approach: This self-contradiction is confirmed by a WHO document published in October 2019 as well as supporting documentation from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Findings: This viewpoint concludes that an obvious resolution of this self-contradiction would be to limit restrictions and interventions to those for whose effectiveness the WHO’s document reported that there was at least moderate evidence. Originality/value: A shift of focus is suggested from discussions on the commensurability and social costs of anti-COVID-19 interventions to their actual effectiveness.

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强有力的大流行干预措施的弱证据：2019 年世卫组织对当前 COVID-19 危机的警告

目的：保持社交距离。旅行禁令。坐月子。本文的目的是记录超过 50% 的世界人口受到世界卫生组织 (WHO) 对 2020 年冠状病毒危机的建议的影响。世卫组织承认，这些建议有效性的证据质量很低或非常低。设计/方法/途径：这种自相矛盾已得到世卫组织 2019 年 10 月发布的文件以及欧洲疾病预防和控制中心的支持文件的证实。结果：该观点得出的结论是，这种自相矛盾的明显解决方案是将限制和干预措施限制在世卫组织文件报告至少有中等证据证明其有效性的那些人。原创性/价值：