Why Trump fight with WHO is dangerous. China has it's own model, and wants to replace WHO (cost, dictator)

[normstad]

Axios has such a good way of summing up complex problems in a short article, that is well referenced. Long story made short, China is working to have the world see it as the center of many things, including international health cooperation.

That is dangerous. It would be just as dangerous if the US, or France, or Brazil tried the same thing. Health and diseases have no right-wing or left-wing, democratic or dictator way of best being addressed.

Science is the only thing, and to be effective, it needs to be shared, not be put into competition. Trump's move is fraught with dangers, and China could be the winner

https://www.axios.com/china-world-he...128e28415.html

[Du Ma]

WHO can join China and become CHO.

Other countries + United States can form another org to replacd WHO

[shiftymh]

Western countries should just form their own and not rely on 3rd world people in suits who would like to see them destroyed.

[Tall Traveler]

Originally Posted by normstad

Axios has such a good way of summing up complex problems in a short article, that is well referenced. Long story made short, China is working to have the world see it as the center of many things, including international health cooperation.

That is dangerous. It would be just as dangerous if the US, or France, or Brazil tried the same thing. Health and diseases have no right-wing or left-wing, democratic or dictator way of best being addressed.

Science is the only thing, and to be effective, it needs to be shared, not be put into competition. Trump's move is fraught with dangers, and China could be the winner

https://www.axios.com/china-world-he...128e28415.html

WHO are peopled with incompetent liars. Trump is right and China is right to consider WHO a joke.

[TB12inTB2020]

The WHO has epically failed and has blood on their hands. Something has to change there. I have no idea how any of them line up politically, so my comment is about the results, not about politics.

[normstad]

https://www.propublica.org/article/t...o-shows#942979

"A draft State Department memo says the move would “cede ground” to China and hobble the global response to the coronavirus pandemic."

Interesting that this is exactly the analysis I suggested in the OP... China would be the go to, and that is dangerous.

[godofthunder9010]

As long as China fully funds whatever thing they are asking for, they can go ahead and have fun with that.

The trouble with being ridiculously more wealthy than any other nation on earth from 1945 to about 1970 is that the entire world got in the habit of treating the USA like a super-rich dad. "No of course I don't have money for that. Let me call my dad, I'm sure he'll take care of it." NATO. The United Nations. The WTO. The WHO. The cost of patrolling and safeguarding every ocean on the planet. The world's policeman BS. So many other things.

The trouble is, the United States only rarely benefited from any of these organizations and programs, while overwhelmingly footing the bill to allow them to continue to exist. It's long past time for the rest of the world to grow up, step up, pay their fair share, etc. If the WHO can't survive without funding from the United States, then it'll just have to die. Here we are in the worst health crisis in a century and they were the worst offending party at downplaying and misinformation.

The house was burned to the ground, only a smoking pile of ashes remained and then the WHO "fire alarm" finally went off. They failed miserably performing their intended function, so what good are they?

[bobbythegreat]

China already owns the WHO, so what difference does it make? If the US is paying for one of these organizations to exist, you have to hold them accountable or there's no point.

[Floorist]

Why fight with a British rock band? WHO.

[rjshae]

The role of the WHO is to coordinate international response. Once nations start forming regional health alliances, more people are going to die. The current collective response is already bad enough. If you get rid of the WHO, then they will need to be replaced by a similar organization.