Trump administration tells Congress that it is withdrawing the US from WHO

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[–]NorfolkTerrier 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I'm sure the Democrats will put up the usual token resistance to this, but right now it seems like no one is happy with the WHO. They've contradicted themselves on asymptomatic transmission and airborne transmission, and at the beginning they said there was no human-to-human transmission at all. Yet social media companies have censored people for disagreeing with the "expert" advice of the WHO.

We shouldn't be funding such an incompetent organization. I only wish we'd held on to the threat for a little longer to try to push for reforms. It's great to leave, but it would have been even better to see a real reform. There should be something like the WHO that helps (especially developing) countries deal with international health issues. Just not like it is now.

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    [–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

    they ask to see his tax returns

    we still don't know how 0bama paid for college, lol

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      [–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

      I read that several times, still confused...it's probably me 👌

      [–]NorfolkTerrier 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

      In theory, international bodies can help developing/poorer countries handle problems that they don't have the infrastructure/knowledge base to address on their own. The WHO historically contributed to efforts to eradicate smallpox, etc. Foreign aid is a pretty small chunk of the US budget, so if the money is actually being used well, it's not a problem and it can help people.

      Unfortunately many NGOs are incompetent and/or scams, and UN agencies are the same except with certain agendas instead of scamming.