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China Helped Put “Dr” Tedros in Charge of the WHO – Is It Paying Off?

lern_too_spel 7y ago
Why does it put "Dr." in quotes? The guy has a PhD in community health (and an MSc in immunology and infectious diseases). Why does it also neglect to mention that he had the support of George W. Bush for the position? Oh, it's The National Interest, chaired by the widely "trusted" Henry Kissinger. To criticize Tedros's handling, they quote a political science professor and a human rights critic. That's "quality" journalism.
- dragonwriter 7y ago
  Not only does he have a Ph.D., but it's in Community Health (essentially, the social aspect of public health), which is the field most directly applicable to the WHO mission. It's probably because he's not an M.D., but then what WHO does has a relation to medicine similar to the relation of climate to weather.
  - haltingproblem 7y ago
    Because he is not a medical doctor. If someone was presenting on the black holes and they had "Dr." in their title, there would be confusion albeit minimal on if the "Dr." referred to medicine or just a Ph.D. "Dr." Tedros works in the health and medical field. A "Dr". in the title if plain misleading if he is not a MD or equivalent in other countries. Many things were founded by Kissinger and other characters whom society might retroactively deem unsavory. Do you disown all of them or is this just smear by association. Various figures like Hillary Clinton, Obama have consulted with him. Do you now consider them tained too?
    - dragonwriter 7y ago
      > ”Dr." Tedros works in the health and medical field. No, Dr. Tedros works in the public health (not medical) field and his doctorate is in the subfield of public health most relevant to his particular job. His doctorate in the field is far more relevant than an M.D. would be. > Many things were founded by Kissinger and other characters whom society might retroactively deem unsavory. You should probably ask that in a post responding to someone raising Kissinger as relevant, not a random downthread post from that claim, but I, for one, certainly view anything connected to Kissinger with suspicion, not automatically wrong, but suspicious. > Various figures like Hillary Clinton, Obama have consulted with him. Do you now consider them tained too? Both because of and independently of the fact of their association with Kissinger, and not “now” as if it was news, yes, I consider Obama and, especially, Clinton tainted.

Why does it put "Dr." in quotes? The guy has a PhD in community health (and an MSc in immunology and infectious diseases). Why does it also neglect to mention that he had the support of George W. Bush for the position? Oh, it's The National Interest, chaired by the widely "trusted" Henry Kissinger. To criticize Tedros's handling, they quote a political science professor and a human rights critic. That's "quality" journalism.

dragonwriter 7y ago
Not only does he have a Ph.D., but it's in Community Health (essentially, the social aspect of public health), which is the field most directly applicable to the WHO mission. It's probably because he's not an M.D., but then what WHO does has a relation to medicine similar to the relation of climate to weather.
- haltingproblem 7y ago
  Because he is not a medical doctor. If someone was presenting on the black holes and they had "Dr." in their title, there would be confusion albeit minimal on if the "Dr." referred to medicine or just a Ph.D. "Dr." Tedros works in the health and medical field. A "Dr". in the title if plain misleading if he is not a MD or equivalent in other countries. Many things were founded by Kissinger and other characters whom society might retroactively deem unsavory. Do you disown all of them or is this just smear by association. Various figures like Hillary Clinton, Obama have consulted with him. Do you now consider them tained too?
  - dragonwriter 7y ago
    > ”Dr." Tedros works in the health and medical field. No, Dr. Tedros works in the public health (not medical) field and his doctorate is in the subfield of public health most relevant to his particular job. His doctorate in the field is far more relevant than an M.D. would be. > Many things were founded by Kissinger and other characters whom society might retroactively deem unsavory. You should probably ask that in a post responding to someone raising Kissinger as relevant, not a random downthread post from that claim, but I, for one, certainly view anything connected to Kissinger with suspicion, not automatically wrong, but suspicious. > Various figures like Hillary Clinton, Obama have consulted with him. Do you now consider them tained too? Both because of and independently of the fact of their association with Kissinger, and not “now” as if it was news, yes, I consider Obama and, especially, Clinton tainted.