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I am a bit nervous to pronounce PHEIC as /feik/ as it coincides with the sound of "fake."
But it is inconvenient to pronounce it letter by letter. Do US or UK news presenters pronounce it officially as /feik/?
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Phelan agrees that a PHEIC(Public Health Emergency of International Concern) should have been declared at the first meeting of WHO’s emergency committee on 23 January. The WHO declared the outbreak a PHEIC a week later on January 30. At that point less than 100 cases had been reported outside of China and no deaths. But, Phelan notes, “Countries don’t have to wait for a PHEIC declaration to start preparing.”
Source: Science Apr. 14, 2020
'Short sighted.' Health experts decry Trump's freeze on U.S. funding for WHO as world fights pandemic
But it is inconvenient to pronounce it letter by letter. Do US or UK news presenters pronounce it officially as /feik/?
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Phelan agrees that a PHEIC(Public Health Emergency of International Concern) should have been declared at the first meeting of WHO’s emergency committee on 23 January. The WHO declared the outbreak a PHEIC a week later on January 30. At that point less than 100 cases had been reported outside of China and no deaths. But, Phelan notes, “Countries don’t have to wait for a PHEIC declaration to start preparing.”
Source: Science Apr. 14, 2020
'Short sighted.' Health experts decry Trump's freeze on U.S. funding for WHO as world fights pandemic