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Worse that that; the WHO has become a political organization. Their unforgivable cover -up of China's seismic incompetence is nothing short of disgraceful. Up u
by FridayoLeary 5y ago
Worse that that; the WHO has become a political organization. Their unforgivable cover -up of China's seismic incompetence is nothing short of disgraceful. Up until very late they were silently abetting China's cover - up, blindly swallowing their lies that the disease wasn't infectious and advising the world not to restrict travel to and from China. We need to take a long, long look at the WHO. If not for their colossal failings of biblical proportions, who (ha, ha) knows if we would still be needing to wear masks now. Also China, but everybody seems to be more than willing to avert their gaze and pretend nothing happened there.
- the-dude 5y agoDo you have any reason to believe the situation would have been handled much differently if the outbreak originated in say, for example, the US? I am not too sure the result would have been much different.
- dvdkon 5y agoThat's not the point, at all. The point is that the WHO and others like it should be apolitical and not be subservient to any government.
- oogabooga123 5y agoSeems like this supports the idea we should be taking a hard look at WHO, because your take would imply extreme incompetence, not just being complicit in a cover up
- the-dude 5y agoI watched the WHO press conferences in the first 1-2 months. Then I watched our government ( The Netherlands ) and our neighbors ( and the US ) ignore their recommendations. I recall the Brit saying they were in talks with the EU to halt Schengen. Never heard anything about it since. It is not the WHO which is political, it is our politicians who are political.
- Bancakes 5y agoSinodrones always resort to "But the USA is the same or worse!". Unacceptable on hacker news.