04-15-2020, 10:43 AM
(04-15-2020, 10:19 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-calls-for-halt-to-us-funding-for-world-health-organization-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/ar-BB12D4Vp?ocid=ientp
So let's take a look at this.
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on-the-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)
The WHO declared a public health emergency on 1/30/2020 and offered mitigation advice. The US Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency on 1/31/2020 following the WHO's lead and Trump announced his travel restrictions for travelers from China the same day to take effect on 2/2/2020.
This is what the WHO says about travel restrictions . . .
https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/updated-who-recommendations-for-international-traffic-in-relation-to-covid-19-outbreak
The fact the US has the most cases of Covid-19 and the most deaths from Covid-19 in the world just bears out the WHO was right. Or, what they said would happen, happened.
Now, this is the advice the WHO offered when they declared a public health emergency on 1/30/2020 . . . https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on-the-second-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)
So the strategies we finally started to implement in mid-March which are slowing the spread and flattening the curve were recommended by the WHO in January. And we are still only half ass doing this stuff because testing is still a major problem. If you can't test that makes surveillance, detection, isolation, case management, contact tracing, and prevention of spread much more difficult or even impossible.
But, instead we have snake oil salesman pushing unproven, miracle cures against medical advice and blaming other people for his failures. A president with a fake tan, fake bone spurs, at least three fake charities he uses for personal gain, and a fake university calling reporters who question his response "fake."
But, really none of this matters because the people who are going to believe the snake oil salesman aren't going to believe any evidence to the contrary.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/07/trumps-claim-that-he-imposed-first-china-ban/
Kudos!
Your anger and ego will always reveal your true self.