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Who do you believe then? Let's take the first sentence from the article: > As the World Health Organization reaches its findings... Why would you believe a la

Who do you believe then? Let's take the first sentence from the article: > As the World Health Organization reaches its findings... Why would you believe a largely Chinese controlled organization when we KNOW that China censors negative news about itself?

martin_a 6y ago
> Who do you believe then? Scientists all over the world. > Why would you believe a largely Chinese controlled organization [...] Who came up with the idea that the WHO is "chinese controlled"? The orange guy? Maybe the current leadership of the WHO is leaned towards China, that should be tackled as it's not suited for something as important as the WHO. Also countries should probably "invest" more in the WHO to make it financially (and therefore politically) more independent. Nevertheless I don't think that the WHO as a whole is "controlled by china" and we should not trust in their findings.
- bildung 6y ago
  > Who came up with the idea that the WHO is "chinese controlled"? Indeed, this only is the case because the US chose to withdrew funding from the WHO (it hasn't really paid what it has underwritten before), while China simply continued to pay its membership dues. https://www.devex.com/news/us-says-it-will-cut-who-funding-what-happens-next-97439 https://www.devex.com/news/us-says-it-will-cut-who-funding-w...
  - fsh 6y ago
    China supplies 0.88% of the WHO budget [1]. The idea that they somehow control the organization is ridiculous and was spread by certain politicians that needed someone to blame for their failures. [1] http://open.who.int/2020-21/contributors/contributor http://open.who.int/2020-21/contributors/contributor
    - bildung 6y ago
      It's actually over 11%, as stated on your link, isn't it? The US was the biggest contributor with 20% (on paper, it didn't actually wire all this money to the WHO, only signed the contracts), which is now zero.

martin_a 6y ago

> Who do you believe then? Scientists all over the world. > Why would you believe a largely Chinese controlled organization [...] Who came up with the idea that the WHO is "chinese controlled"? The orange guy? Maybe the current leadership of the WHO is leaned towards China, that should be tackled as it's not suited for something as important as the WHO. Also countries should probably "invest" more in the WHO to make it financially (and therefore politically) more independent. Nevertheless I don't think that the WHO as a whole is "controlled by china" and we should not trust in their findings.

bildung 6y ago
> Who came up with the idea that the WHO is "chinese controlled"? Indeed, this only is the case because the US chose to withdrew funding from the WHO (it hasn't really paid what it has underwritten before), while China simply continued to pay its membership dues. https://www.devex.com/news/us-says-it-will-cut-who-funding-what-happens-next-97439 https://www.devex.com/news/us-says-it-will-cut-who-funding-w...
- fsh 6y ago
  China supplies 0.88% of the WHO budget [1]. The idea that they somehow control the organization is ridiculous and was spread by certain politicians that needed someone to blame for their failures. [1] http://open.who.int/2020-21/contributors/contributor http://open.who.int/2020-21/contributors/contributor
  - bildung 6y ago
    It's actually over 11%, as stated on your link, isn't it? The US was the biggest contributor with 20% (on paper, it didn't actually wire all this money to the WHO, only signed the contracts), which is now zero.