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Omicron is not mild and is crushing health care systems worldwide, WHO warns (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

@[email protected] could you please change the post title to remove "worldwide", and mention that its about the United States?

@[email protected] Maybe the community could have a rule that the title must accurately reflect the content of the article?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

I'll make a post soon asking for feedback on how "world news" should be defined, extending that old thread we had on that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I would prefer not to change the title because:

It does include comments from WHO that are not specific to the US:

The World Health Organization on Thursday pushed back against the consistent chatter that the ultra-transmissible omicron coronavirus is "mild," noting that the variant is causing a "tsunami of cases" that is "overwhelming health systems around the world."
The post title is the same as the article title.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

It doesnt mention any specific country besides the US where health systems are currently overwhelmed (and i havent heard about that anywhere else). And i dont think we should keep the original title if it is clearly misleading like in this case.