WHO urges US to 'reconsider' withdrawal from global health organisation

[Judi Lynn]

President Donald Trump said the agency mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other global health crises

Article by Emily Kimber
23rd January 2025

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw the country from the World Health Organization (WHO), citing reasons such as the agency’s “mishandling” of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump previously took steps to withdraw the US from the global health organisation in 2020, but the move was later reversed by the Biden administration.

The order cites WHO’s “mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic… and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states”.

It also states that WHO “continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the US, far out of proportion with other countries’ assessed payments”, such as China’s.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. It's not about the money, or the goals of health agencies

It's about destroying the entire federal government

[SheltieLover]

2. I wonder if this has anything to do with the covid vax pootin created that was ineffective & never approved

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Poignant path to travel. It's always about the most money for the wealthiest Oligarch. /nt

[SheltieLover]

4. It was just a thought that wafted in, & I have no idea if true

But the more I sit with the idea, the more likely it seems.

Why else would slobby do this?

Well, to isolate his victum, our country, as all abusers do ...

[Midnight Writer]

5. Trump also pulled our monitors out of Wuhan just before COVID hit.

How did that work out for everybody?

The earliest point that we can interrupt a major pandemic or worldwide health crisis is the best point. Trump seems to think that we should just let the diseases grow into a global crisis before we do anything about it.

[CousinIT]

6. Lawrence Gostin from Georgetown U was on Amy Goodman this morning explaining why...

...this is such a goddamned dangerous and boneheaded move. I'm waiting for video of today's show.

[kimbutgar]

7. You can just see that the USA becomes a pariah nation and other countries might not allow Americans to travel to their

Countries and also warn their citizens to not travel to our country destroying the tourism industry.