The world hates me
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I dont understand what the difference in the WHO would be without the USA's money?
I mean, the virus went global under the WHO's watch.
The WHO showed its incompetence while having the money. How much worse can it get without the USA's money?
If the WHO cant manage itself without the money, then its time to disband and start over.
With the CDC in place, what is the purpose of the WHO?
How many entities do we need to track a virus and give "Recommendations"????
I mean, the virus went global under the WHO's watch.
The WHO showed its incompetence while having the money. How much worse can it get without the USA's money?
If the WHO cant manage itself without the money, then its time to disband and start over.
With the CDC in place, what is the purpose of the WHO?
How many entities do we need to track a virus and give "Recommendations"????
None. Just you. You seem to have this all figured out! Maybe with Canada-Man not working the forklift in the loading docks he might find time to lend his medical and pandemic expertise too.
This is the root of corruption when organizations depend on it like the WHO that it would make a difference if USA pulled funding.
I think Trumps actions here are justified to expose their corruption and incompetence.
I think Trumps actions here are justified to expose their corruption and incompetence.
That is true, but it was mismanaged by most governments in the world.
US government was no different, at first it was a hoax, then it would magically disappear in the spring with the warm weather.
The list goes on.
Using the WHO as a scapegoat is a nice political ploy for all governments that fucked up around the world.
In reality though the modern world has never faced anything like this before.
Hopefully they will all be much better prepared for the next one.
They can look for who to blame when this is under control for now they should concentrate on controlling it and coming up with a vaccine.
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OnTheWayOut
Can some explain to me why the US has been paying 22% of the total budget for WHO, far more than any other country. Yet the US only has about 4% of the world's population? Why does the world always think the US has to pay more for everything? And why is the US dumb enough to do it?
On top of that the US has made additional voluntary contributions which has increased since Trump is President after several years of declining voluntary contributions under the previous POTUS. Since Trump increased the funding shouldn't he expect better results? The "voluntary" contributions were roughly triple the assessed portion for 2018-2019.
https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5e8d8dab01879f000703f77b/960x0.jpg?fit=scale
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsa...-s-give-whats-the-impact-of-a-halt-in-funding
On top of that the US has made additional voluntary contributions which has increased since Trump is President after several years of declining voluntary contributions under the previous POTUS. Since Trump increased the funding shouldn't he expect better results? The "voluntary" contributions were roughly triple the assessed portion for 2018-2019.
https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5e8d8dab01879f000703f77b/960x0.jpg?fit=scale
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsa...-s-give-whats-the-impact-of-a-halt-in-funding
There's a perception that the U.S. has 40% (or something like that) of the world's wealth so their "fair share" should be 40%.
I can only go by what Trump has said in his own words and there are two important hypocrisies to point out.
Trump has called out the previous administration for not having a pandemic response in place.
Trump has called out the WHO for years of being inept.
Trump has been in power for almost four years, Trump is solely responsible of these issues not being resolved after four years as president, if he is so inclined to believe in his criticisms then why hasn't he already remedied these issues before they were illuminated by a pandemic.
LJ
How many chances does the WHO need to "Get it right the next time"?
They didnt learn from SARS, Ebola, H1N1, Swine flu,......?????????
Fuck them and the people who bow down to them and drink their kool-aid!
There is no way a foundation worth BILLIONS keeps fucking this shit up??!!
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OnTheWayOut
Trump did increase funding to try to increase PPE stockpiles that were allowed to become obsolete and depleted after the 2009 pandemic. If he had not done this the US would be in even worse shape. It's easy to criticize he didn't do it fast enough in hindsight. How about some credit for recognizing the problem and beginning to correct it BEFORE it was needed? Easy to look back and say it should have been more and faster now that we know another pandemic is upon us.
DT also increased funding for WHO to try to help them become less inept. He now realizes throwing money at them did not help them to spend it wisely as hoped so is pulling the plug. Seems like a sound decision. WHO's ineptness made a lot of the world's countries make poor or slow decisions, Trump is not the only one who used the faulty WHO information and people suffered for it.
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OnTheWayOut
What about Saudi Arabia and other oil rich middle east nations? Shouldn't they also be paying more than their proportional share then?
Rest of the Kool-Aid world doesn't want to lose their IMF funding. If a country doesn't follow WHO rules, they are ineligible for IMF loans.
