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>I don't understand why WHO is selling it's creditiblity in trade for politics. What is there to gain? Might have something to do with the fact that the leader
by nwah1 6y ago
>I don't understand why WHO is selling it's creditiblity in trade for politics. What is there to gain?
Might have something to do with the fact that the leader of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom, was hand picked by the Chinese communist party and won the position over the US and EU's favored choice.
- coldtea 6y ago"During its 140th meeting in January 2017, the Executive Board of the WHO shortlisted Tedros as the front runner out of six candidates through two rounds of secret voting. He collected the most votes during both rounds.[citation needed] Tedros "was supported by a bloc of African and Asian countries, including China, which has considerable influence with those members" while "the US, UK and Canada... lent their support to... the British doctor David Nabarro." One observer called it "a really nasty" election." Basically: "Oh, someone else can play the same game we've played for a century with UN, WHO, IMF, etc. - how dare they?"
- tomp 6y agoYou say this as if Africa&China was equivalent to US&EU. A bunch of totalitarian dictatorships / warlord states vs. democratic and at least somewhat accountable and transparent free republics.
- refenestrator 6y agoThe somewhat accountable and transparent free republics spent like 200 years completely dicking over Africa & China to the tune of millions dead. Not really a position of moral superiority.
- coldtea 6y agoYou mean the proxy states, lackeys, and funded warlords and dictators setup by EU in Africa, to safeguard the ex-colonial pocessions and make sure they continue to get their resources and control on the cheap? Or the several Middle Easter/Asian/African countries bombed, invaded, toppled, etc by the US (3-4 of them in the last 20 years alone).