Following from the threat and then promise to defund the WHO, US President Trump has gone through with it. Why? For the poor handling of the coronavirus outbreak. But a lot of the reasons were because of the relationship between the WHO and China with respect to information about what was going on in China.
Here is a recap on the key points made for pulling funding:
- WHO ignored credible reports of the virus spreading in early December 2019
- WHO didn't independently investigate reports that contradicted official government accounts
- WHO office in Beijing knew of a new "major public health" concern by December 30
- WHO was informed by Taiwan on December 31 of human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus
- WHO failed to share this information with the rest of the world, possible due to political reasons
- "International Health Regulations require countries to report the risk of a health
emergency within 24 hours" - Dr. Zhang Yongzhen of the Shanghai Public Health Clinic Center reported the new virus sequence to CHinse authorities, but they didn't disclose the information to the world
- Dr. Zhang Yongzhen posted the information online themselves 6 days later on January 11
- WHO made inaccurate claims about the illness
- affirmed China's claims that the virus couldn't be transmitted between humans
- complied with pressure from China's president to "not to declare the corona virus outbreak an emergency.
- falsely claimed the Chinese government was "transparent" and praised them for it as setting a "new standard for outbreak control"
- WHO declared outbreak on January 30, but didn't push for immediate access to Wuhan, which was only granted over 2 weeks later
- WHO praised China closing it's borders, but were against the US closing access to people from China
- WHO said restricting access to US from China was "causing more harm than good"
- WHO declared the chances of getting this going to anywhere outside China [were] very
low" on February 3 - WHO didn't criticize China's discriminatory actions towards African nationalities within China
- China destroyed samples of the coronavirus, not a transparent move as WHO claims
- WHO still hasn't called on China to allow an independent investigation into virus origins
- Previous WHO DirectorGeneral Harlem Brundtland recommending against travel to and from southern China from the 2003 SARS outbreak, WHO failed to do similar
The official withdrawal came from a Tweet by Senator Bob Menendez a few days ago:
Congress received notification that POTUS officially withdrew the U.S. from the @WHO in the midst of a pandemic.
To call Trump’s response to COVID chaotic & incoherent doesn't do it justice. This won't protect American lives or interests—it leaves Americans sick & America alone.
While some trumpet a victory for the US and Trump cutting of the WHO, and by proxy the Gates-agenda, it's not the only support a Gates-agenda was getting from the US. Back in June USAID announced $1.16 billion being given to GAVI for the whole Gates-vaccine agenda, which included a video of Trump saying how great Gavi was.
"As the Coronavirus has shown, there are no borders."
USAID echo's @Realdonaldtrump's words and is proud to be partnering with @Gavi by committing $1.16 billion to protect people through vaccines, because #VaccinesWork
Trump approved the whole USAID funding of GAVI. Trump himself appointed the current head of USAID, John Barsa. The State Department is in direct control of USAID. Further, the POTUS is one of three bodies that guides what USAID does:
As an official component of U.S. foreign policy, USAID operates subject to the guidance of the President, Secretary of State, and the National Security Council.
Trump supporters and the whole Qanon psy-op supporters won't want to accept that Trump endorses the funding of GAVI and the Gates-agenda. They can believe whatever they want in contrast to reality. I'm sure many won't let their attachment to a belief and illusion get in the way of demonstrable reality.
At the end of the day, the buck stops with Trump, and he supports the decisions being made around him, as the video for GAVI and USAID shows. Hoping that Trump is a hero and defying the Gates-agenda is just that, hope, flying in the face of reality. By defending the WHO, Gates jumps up as the biggest backer and influencer of the WHO. The WHO IS corrupt and should be defunded, but let's get real on what else is going. It'd be nice to see Trump defend Constitutional Rights against the Gates-vaccine agenda, but that's just wishful thinking.