The WHO is seeking a new treaty on handling future pandemics
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#2I hope this happens. The world needs more collaboration, especially in pandemic response.
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#3The WHO dragged their feet for weeks, even months, all so they could help the CCP not look as culpable as they are in all of this. They took China of all countries at their word - that or they knew they were lying and ran cover for them in the name of not offending certain groups of people - and as a result the world paid a greater price faster than it would've otherwise.
Now we find out that the WHO skipped "Xi" in the Greek alphabet when naming COVID variants. Indeed, it's very important that we continue not to offend China, the Chinese Communist Party, or their Dear Leader. They're the victims in all of this.
I find the WHO's constant attempts to regain any legitimacy they ever had an amusing, but ultimately a lost cause.
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#4I hope this happens. The world needs more collaboration, especially in pandemic response.
I too welcome fascism via vaccines.
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Re: The WHO is seeking a new treaty on handling future pandemics
#6I hope this happens. The world needs more collaboration, especially in pandemic response.
Of all the problems international cooperation could tackle, pandemics seem like they should be the easiest.
Either you are dealing with one, or you aren't. Pretty stark contrast. So should make countries more comfortable ceding sovereignty, knowing it's going to be only in exceptional circumstances.
Coupled with the fact that SARS-CoV-2 has proven that even the most stringent border lockdowns fail in the face of highly transmissible, asymptomatic threats. Which makes this an "everyone" problem instead of a "head in the sand is okay" one.
And finally, you're dealing with something that is generally agreed on: dead humans are bad and to be avoided.
Godspeed to those trying to broker consensus.
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#7I hope this happens. The world needs more collaboration, especially in pandemic response.
It is worth refreshing the memory about how the WHO handled the initial stages of the pandemic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c07MnRmJPcI
While I am OK with science being wrong and then corrected, WHO has eroded public trust in staying objective and seeking truth.
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#8I hope this happens. The world needs more collaboration, especially in pandemic response.
I would argue the opposite - the world needs less collaboration [coercion] in pandemic response. Having the WHO bludgeon countries into obeying standards set by a small committee of elites is an abuse of power waiting to happen.
Re: The WHO is seeking a new treaty on handling future pandemics
#9I hope this happens. The world needs more collaboration, especially in pandemic response.
Of all the problems international cooperation could tackle, pandemics seem like they should be the easiest. Either you are dealing with one, or you aren't. Pretty stark contrast. So should make countries more comfortable ceding sovereignty, knowing it's going to be only in exceptional circumstances. Coupled with the fact that SARS-CoV-2 has proven that even the most stringent border lockdowns fail in the face of high…
> Either you are dealing with one, or you aren't. Pretty stark contrast. So should make countries more comfortable ceding sovereignty, knowing it's going to be only in exceptional circumstances.
Without a hard metric it's a slippery slope and governments will not cede emergency powers. That's been the history of nearly all emergency powers. Ask yourself how long this pandemic will last and whether anyone will agree upon criteria for its end.
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#10They are probably looking at, among other things, the Nagoya Protocol, which prevents the transport of biological samples, or data derived from them, across national borders of contracting parties.