A lot of criticism here about the WHO. But what is the legal obligation of the United States to listen to anything the WHO says? So what? The virus is called

A lot of criticism here about the WHO. But what is the legal obligation of the United States to listen to anything the WHO says? So what? The virus is called COVID-19 for a reason. The virus was discovered in 2019. Each country can do their own thing. Trump shut down international travel from China. He should have shut down travel from everywhere. Once that virus was out of the bag, then it became impossible to stop. How do you stop something at the beginning, that you don’t even know exists? You can only try to slow it down. To isolate the infected. And to contain it. But once an infected person leaves the border, then the virus will replicate in the next country. You only need one person to reach exponential growth. The WHO even stated that they think the virus was building steam in all countries all over the world, and they were correct. Here, it seems the politicians don’t understand biological science, and they don’t listen to their experts, and that they don’t understand what exponential growth is. Further, the CDC refused to advise Americans to wear a mask, even a cloth mask to help reduce the transmission velocity of droplets. This was a bone-headed decision, that was entirely in the realms of control of the United States. And then, the media keeps bringing up how China silenced an eye doctor, but what would this have done? Stop the virus? Doubtful, it was already building up steam in China. Make people more cautious, and wear a mask? Maybe, but local Chinese news TV were already advising that people be careful and vigilant, and wear a mask when outside. But not everyone was following that advice. In contrast, what happened in New York, when rumors got out that the governor was shutting down the state? The result was that people fled to distant states! Some went to Rhode Island, and others went to Florida. Remember, all you need is one infected person to mess it up for everyone. But really, I think what impacted the United States the most, was when Trump announced the travel ban from Europe. Everyone flocked home, and there were no health checks. The virus was already building up slowly, but this was the catalyst that accelerated it.