“It is embarrassing for one of the most scientifically, technologically and medicinally advanced nations in the world to base advice on how to prevent one of the leading causes of poor health and premature death (obesity) on a 200-year-old numerical hack developed by a mathematician who was not even an expert in what little was known about the human body back then.”

From the Article - “Those with normal flu-like symptoms should not seek care in hospitals unless they have certain “warning signs” of severe infection, the former Hong Kong health director stressed.

Adults with a high fever that lasts for more than three days should seek help, and children who have difficulty waking up, are lethargic or are no longer alert may also need extra care, Chan said.

“For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry, and when they do need to seek urgent care,” she told the conference, also attended by Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova.”