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They are so discredited now, now one listens to them.
Well now that they've been severely defunded by the USA everything coming out of them is especially suspect as propaganda resulting from that leverage. The American president wants scapegoats for his failings, and despite completely ignoring the WHO recommendations at the start of the pandemic, he's turned the WHO into one.
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Well now that they've been severely defunded by the USA everything coming out of them is especially suspect as propaganda resulting from that leverage. The American president wants scapegoats for his failings, and despite completely ignoring the WHO recommendations at the start of the pandemic, he's turned the WHO into one.
Every recommendation coming out of WHO was bad so far. Especially to not close borders with China.
Presumably the same WHO who lied about travel bans, masks, covered up for China, put Taiwan in danger and repeatedly lied about the extent of the outbreak -- all while calling China "transparent and open" publicly.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well now that they've been severely defunded by the USA everything coming out of them is especially suspect as propaganda resulting from that leverage. The American president wants scapegoats for his failings, and despite completely ignoring the WHO recommendations at the start of the pandemic, he's turned the WHO into one.
Every recommendation coming out of WHO was bad so far. Especially to not close borders with China.
On Jan. 30 the WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. That announcement is a trigger for the agency’s member governments to follow its recommendations. These include establishing a comprehensive programme of testing, quarantining people suspected to be infected, and tracing their contacts.
The US completely ignored it, while Germany, Signapore, South Korea, didn't.
Nobody is claiming the WHO is perfect, but come on, this is such political hogwash.
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Well now that they've been severely defunded by the USA everything coming out of them is especially suspect as propaganda resulting from that leverage. The American president wants scapegoats for his failings, and despite completely ignoring the WHO recommendations at the start of the pandemic, he's turned the WHO into one.
Every recommendation coming out of WHO was bad so far. Especially to not close borders with China.
And since when is test, trace and isolate a bad recommendation? Just because the US and many other countries failed to heed this advice doesn't mean it wasn't given.
There were some big mistakes, yes, maybe especially not recommending face masks. Should the head of the organization have better moderated his comments about the Chinese response? Sure. But for one thing, once China stopped pretending there was no problem their response was very effective, and second, such statements should be considered unimportant especially compared to the real work done by the WHO's scientists and doctors. A polite word to a large donor by the political head of a medical and scientific international organization matters more than the actual work they do?
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/27-04-2020-who-timeline...
I feel like this is an attempt to double-down on that "guidance". I would hope that the WHO cares more about saving lives than saving face.
Either way, this statement is meaningless when unaccompanied by data.
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Every recommendation coming out of WHO was bad so far. Especially to not close borders with China.
Every? B.S. On Jan. 30 the WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. That announcement is a trigger for the agency’s member governments to follow its recommendations. These include establishing a comprehensive programme of testing, quarantining people suspected to be infected, and tracing their contacts. The US completely ignored it, while Germany, Signapore, South Korea, didn't. Nobody is clai…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Every recommendation coming out of WHO was bad so far. Especially to not close borders with China.
Every? B.S. On Jan. 30 the WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. That announcement is a trigger for the agency’s member governments to follow its recommendations. These include establishing a comprehensive programme of testing, quarantining people suspected to be infected, and tracing their contacts. The US completely ignored it, while Germany, Signapore, South Korea, didn't. Nobody is clai…