Who is more knowledgeable? WHO or our government?

[MinkowskisButterfly]

Exactly as the title says. Disregarding just for a moment the fact that all over other countries are following WHO's advice.

Taken from WHO website :

WHO's primary role is to direct international health within the United Nations' system and to lead partners in global health responses."

All those posters who are saying that our government knows exactly what they are doing in this pandemic/crisis. Why should we trust them over the WHO?

I'd trust WHO they are there for health. Our government are concerned with other things like the economy that make their decision making biased in my view. I couldn't give a flying fuck about the economy right now. Far more concerned about my loved ones, those in my local community, those in this county and Those all around the world who could be made sicker by the delaying of proper social distancing measures. The WHO are saying do everything and do everything NOW. I don't care if me and mine have to be Eyam village for the world, instead the whole country is being gambled and many will be collateral to that.

That is exactly what I think, but I see time and time again to trust our government (I don't), that they know better and really want to understand peoples logic behind it? It baffles me.

A better question I think is whether you think the WHO scientists or the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Advisor are more reliable. The Govt is making their decisions based on the scientific advice given to them.

Broadly, their experts will have much the same training and experience as our experts. They may have access to slightly different scientific spread models, as we have our own modellers at UK universities, but broadly the information they have will be the same. So it’s not actually a case of who is more knowledgeable. It’s that they’re looking at the same things with the same level of knowledge and reaching different conclusions about what’s best. WHO still believe that the disease can be controlled. UK experts don’t.

I actually feel WHO has let us all down due to a relatively ineffective response to covid-19 when it first originated in Wuhan. With regard to who is more knowledgeably, probably WHO. But I have to say I trust them both equally they’re both doing everything they can with the information they have to protect as many people as they can.

I agree with ChipotleBlessing. I think a lot of what they are advising is emminently sensible if you are dealing with a small scale outbreak which is potentially containable but most countries do not have the resources for the level of testing and contact tracing they're advocating

Maybe it's a judgement call.
Could WHO tell every person and country to lock down for two years without any repercussion, just covering their back so to speak?

WHO

WHO have no powers to order countries to do anything.

I'd trust out scientists a lot more if they published their mathematical model and theorys and allowed for it to be peer reviewed. I don't trust secrecy. So I currently pick WHO

There is a huge amount of peer review built in. Something like 8 different universities have teams contributing to the models.

It would be horribly unwise to publish them, the figures would panic people.

NOBODY knows what to do, that's the problem.
This is a completely new and unprecedented situation.
I trust the people advising the government that they are acting in good faith and on scientific facts- as they know them now.
I trust the same of the WHO.
But nobody really knows.

I trust the WHO a lot more than the UK government. I’m very worried about their lack of action.