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EarthFirst

(3,278 posts)
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 08:41 PM 23 hrs ago

Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization

Source: NYT

President Trump moved quickly on Monday to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, a move that public health experts say will undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.

The move was not unexpected. Mr. Trump has been railing against the W.H.O. since 2020, when he attacked the agency over its approach to the coronavirus pandemic and threatened to withhold United States funding from it. But after he lost the 2020 election the threat did not materialize.

Leaving the W.H.O. would mean, among other things, that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would have no access to the global data that the agency provides. When China characterized the genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus in 2020, it released the information to W.H.O., which shared it with other nations.

More recently, the W.H.O. has become a target of conservatives over its work on a “pandemic treaty” ato strengthen pandemic preparedness and set legally binding policies for member countries on surveillance of pathogens, rapid sharing of outbreak data, and building up local manufacturing and supply chains for vaccines and treatments, among others.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-world-health-organization.html

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Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization (Original Post) EarthFirst 23 hrs ago OP
Fuck DURHAM D 23 hrs ago #1
Dismantling US global power and influence. Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #2
Almost as if he's acting in the interests of a hostile foreign power to whom he's in deep debt Orrex 23 hrs ago #14
This is putin's revenge against the US BonnieJW 22 hrs ago #22
If you want to lift your spirits, BonnieJW 20 hrs ago #37
We are so vulnerable right now. travelingthrulife 9 hrs ago #49
NATO is next... That's always been on Donnie's list Blue_Tires 6 hrs ago #62
Yes NATO is next. Irish_Dem 6 hrs ago #63
Yeah, expected that. Anything that's reasonable and worthwhile will be trashed. patphil 23 hrs ago #3
But bird flu is a hoax, and even if it isn't, Ocelot II 23 hrs ago #4
And warehouses overflowing DENVERPOPS 22 hrs ago #17
Can we impeach him yet? Blues Heron 23 hrs ago #5
Maybe after the midterms dflprincess 22 hrs ago #24
Definitely after 5e midterms! PortTack 21 hrs ago #28
No surprise he did the first time as well as Paris Climate agreement FloridaBlues 23 hrs ago #6
This is total madness and puts everyone in danger. And not just in the U.S. Dave Bowman 23 hrs ago #7
He's even putting his own children in danger. nt Frank D. Lincoln 22 hrs ago #18
Hah his kids can afford any amount of healthcare. erodriguez 21 hrs ago #30
That's no guarantee. They could still die from a new pandemic. nt Frank D. Lincoln 11 hrs ago #46
On the very day that Tanzania confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease KitFox 23 hrs ago #8
Send some to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. jls4561 23 hrs ago #9
Can't stop it but we can use it later when it comes and bites US in the a** and we can blame Trump. dutch777 23 hrs ago #10
An outbreak of avian flu and Marburg disease.. surfered 23 hrs ago #11
Don't worry. LudwigPastorius 21 hrs ago #27
Yeh - nothing scary about this... yellow dahlia 23 hrs ago #12
Trump is a one trick pony. End all government spending so he can steal the money with tax cuts. /nt bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #13
I don't think this is about money FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #25
Everything is about money. littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago #26
EVERYTHING is either about money, or service to his fragile ego... Blue_Tires 6 hrs ago #60
You forget one thing ... he craves revenge FakeNoose 6 hrs ago #61
For those that believe, better pray there isn't another pandemic Wiz Imp 23 hrs ago #15
How do the MAGAnazis spin this as a help to the United States? hadEnuf 22 hrs ago #16
Magat initials paranoia. rubbersole 21 hrs ago #31
They think WHO refuses to investigate Chyna for starting covid on purpose. travelingthrulife 9 hrs ago #50
I don't think he should be able to do that. dchill 22 hrs ago #19
The Rethuglicans want us sick, stupid, and poor. OMGWTF 22 hrs ago #20
And dead ☠️ live love laugh 21 hrs ago #29
He's endless summer 22 hrs ago #21
U.s. conservatism... lonely bird 22 hrs ago #23
It begins Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #32
Maybe he can kill another million people mountain grammy 21 hrs ago #33
We should be able to compare him to Pol Pot soon. travelingthrulife 9 hrs ago #52
Can blue states work with the WHO? poli-junkie 21 hrs ago #34
I did a quick search re this question and my answer would be no, but perhaps NGOs can partner with in2herbs 9 hrs ago #53
Guess Linda ladeewolf 21 hrs ago #35
i never stopped masking. barbtries 20 hrs ago #40
I haven't been Linda ladeewolf 20 hrs ago #44
A pandemic would provide great cover for the SlobFather to declare a national emergency and really NoMoreRepugs 21 hrs ago #36
NATO is next YoshidaYui 20 hrs ago #38
*For Putin. Ursus Rex 9 hrs ago #51
this is really bad. barbtries 20 hrs ago #39
He is just finishing.... LPBBEAR 20 hrs ago #41
He attacked their approach to the corona virus Coolgoober 20 hrs ago #42
So here we are, an idiocracy. hunter 20 hrs ago #43
Slow genocide. moondust 19 hrs ago #45
Trump's damage to the country has just started. MissouriDem47 10 hrs ago #47
Get your vaccinations NOW. Paladin 10 hrs ago #48
I asked my doc's office about extra vaccinations (polio booster, etc) and they told me CousinIT 9 hrs ago #54
My best friend of 70 years just got a hip replacement. Paladin 8 hrs ago #56
Yes. That cutting off the crazy mofos? I've done that. CousinIT 6 hrs ago #57
Don't talk to them. Save your efforts for something worthwhile. Best of luck to you. (nt) Paladin 6 hrs ago #58
The W.H.O. handled the C-19 outbreak as best they could Botany 9 hrs ago #55
I'm at the point where I can't even get mad at Donnie anymore because he is who he is... Blue_Tires 6 hrs ago #59

Orrex

(64,466 posts)
14. Almost as if he's acting in the interests of a hostile foreign power to whom he's in deep debt
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 09:03 PM
23 hrs ago

Almost.

BonnieJW

(2,667 posts)
22. This is putin's revenge against the US
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 09:52 PM
22 hrs ago

For the Ukraine war. Get the clown elected and make his cabinet absurd. Get someone like Pig Hegseth as secretary of defense so our country is defenseless, and then wait and see what Russia does.

Blue_Tires

(57,536 posts)
62. NATO is next... That's always been on Donnie's list
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 02:04 PM
6 hrs ago

There were just enough halfway sane people in Donnie's first term to prevent him from breaking up NATO, but not anymore now...

And for those useful idiots out there who were sick and tired of the U.S. being a global hegemon, they're going to absolutely love life once Red China fully inherits the role...

Irish_Dem

(61,396 posts)
63. Yes NATO is next.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 02:06 PM
6 hrs ago

Then the Pacific democratic alliance.

He is already working on destroying the North America democratic alliances.

Ocelot II

(122,067 posts)
4. But bird flu is a hoax, and even if it isn't,
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 08:44 PM
23 hrs ago

we've got all that leftover bleach and ivermectin.

DENVERPOPS

(10,431 posts)
17. And warehouses overflowing
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 09:32 PM
22 hrs ago

with huge inventories of long dildo's with bright lights on the tip............

KitFox

(138 posts)
8. On the very day that Tanzania confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 08:47 PM
23 hrs ago

an Ebola related virus.

dutch777

(3,729 posts)
10. Can't stop it but we can use it later when it comes and bites US in the a** and we can blame Trump.
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 08:50 PM
23 hrs ago

Also may have ramifications for US medical and pharma businesses if those who countries stay in the WHO steer future vaccine and other work to non US companies as a result.

surfered

(4,248 posts)
11. An outbreak of avian flu and Marburg disease..
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 08:56 PM
23 hrs ago

…and we withdraw from the WHO. Bozo the clown couldn’t do any worse.

LudwigPastorius

(11,311 posts)
27. Don't worry.
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 10:28 PM
21 hrs ago

Trump will put up a tiny, beautiful wall to keep the viruses out...and China will pay for it!

bucolic_frolic

(48,045 posts)
13. Trump is a one trick pony. End all government spending so he can steal the money with tax cuts. /nt
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 08:59 PM
23 hrs ago

FakeNoose

(36,284 posts)
25. I don't think this is about money
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 10:08 PM
22 hrs ago

Chump's beef with W.H.O. goes back to his previous term when he was blamed for the deaths of almost a million Americans (give or take). Chump needs to find a believable scapegoat, and for some crazy reason, nobody is willing to blame Dr. Fauci.

So it must be the fault of the World Health Organization. Yeah, that's the ticket!

FakeNoose

(36,284 posts)
61. You forget one thing ... he craves revenge
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 02:00 PM
6 hrs ago

... against anyone who puts a dent in his ego. And he won't stop until he gets it.

That's why I say this isn't about money

Wiz Imp

(2,844 posts)
15. For those that believe, better pray there isn't another pandemic
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 09:11 PM
23 hrs ago

because if there is, we are totally screwed.

hadEnuf

(2,871 posts)
16. How do the MAGAnazis spin this as a help to the United States?
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 09:31 PM
22 hrs ago

Or to the American public?

travelingthrulife

(1,213 posts)
50. They think WHO refuses to investigate Chyna for starting covid on purpose.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:37 AM
9 hrs ago

Plus, they do sciencey stuff that they don't understand so they hate it.

travelingthrulife

(1,213 posts)
52. We should be able to compare him to Pol Pot soon.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:45 AM
9 hrs ago

He's a mass murderer and MAGA, good christians all, cheer!

in2herbs

(3,289 posts)
53. I did a quick search re this question and my answer would be no, but perhaps NGOs can partner with
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:47 AM
9 hrs ago

countries that belong to WHO and provide the info to US (blue states) in that way.

Linda ladeewolf

(542 posts)
44. I haven't been
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 12:05 AM
20 hrs ago

For a while. I seem to have been sick since I had Covid the first time in 2020. So it didn’t seem to matter.

NoMoreRepugs

(10,761 posts)
36. A pandemic would provide great cover for the SlobFather to declare a national emergency and really
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 11:04 PM
21 hrs ago

get the 2025 agenda up to ludicrous speed. You will know we are totally fucked when he directs the U.S. treasury to get involved in crypto.

Ursus Rex

(303 posts)
51. *For Putin.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:44 AM
9 hrs ago

There can be only One - Putin only works with others until he gets them in a position of subservience and/or dependence.

LPBBEAR

(414 posts)
41. He is just finishing....
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 11:42 PM
20 hrs ago

the job of killing us all that he couldn't complete in 2020 when he lost that election.

Coolgoober

(11 posts)
42. He attacked their approach to the corona virus
Mon Jan 20, 2025, 11:43 PM
20 hrs ago

What about his approach to the corona virus? Didn't he say only 13 or 15 people have the virus and it will go away soon? He's trying to lay blame on anyone else other than him because his response to covid was the worst possible. A 12 year old could have done better.

MissouriDem47

(67 posts)
47. Trump's damage to the country has just started.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 09:38 AM
10 hrs ago

We have, as of today, 1,459 more days of his destruction.

CousinIT

(10,680 posts)
54. I asked my doc's office about extra vaccinations (polio booster, etc) and they told me
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:58 AM
9 hrs ago

I had to make a video appt. Pfft.

I need to know - if vaccines are no longer mandatory for kids entering school or for pandemics and spreading infectious disease - do I need things such as Hep B and/or a polio booster?

We had these as kids (polio, measles, mumps, rubella, whooping cough) but that shit is going to be spreading again. How do the sane people who vaccinate their kids and believe in vaccines protect themselves? Were the vaccines we got as children intended to last a lifetime? What about elderly people exposed to that crap from people's kids?

???

Paladin

(29,147 posts)
56. My best friend of 70 years just got a hip replacement.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:14 AM
8 hrs ago

He needed it because of the effects of the polio he had as a child. trump and rfk jr. don't give a flying fuck about our kids and grandkids being decimated by polio and other diseases we all thought were a thing of the past. Confer with your doctors and get your kids and yourselves some vaccination protection. And while you're at it, cut off all contact with any friends and relatives who helped put these crazy motherfuckers back in power.

CousinIT

(10,680 posts)
57. Yes. That cutting off the crazy mofos? I've done that.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 01:13 PM
6 hrs ago

I haven't spoken to them since November 5th except to let them know I'm OK and still alive. Other than that, nothing. I have nothing to say to them.

How do I even talk to these hatemongers?

Paladin

(29,147 posts)
58. Don't talk to them. Save your efforts for something worthwhile. Best of luck to you. (nt)
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 01:22 PM
6 hrs ago

Botany

(72,850 posts)
55. The W.H.O. handled the C-19 outbreak as best they could
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 11:10 AM
9 hrs ago

The Chinese sequenced the Coronavirus genome which they sent to the W.H.O. the W.H.O.
sent that data to Germany and a German firm made the first test for the C-19 virus and disease
which Trump rejected and tried to sell his on testing operation which didn’t work and the world
now has 14 million less people.

I think Vlad Putin wants diseases to spread to bring down Western Democracies and Trump
is helping him.

Of the love of God we have an illiterate psychopath as President who wants to kill people.

Blue_Tires

(57,536 posts)
59. I'm at the point where I can't even get mad at Donnie anymore because he is who he is...
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 01:35 PM
6 hrs ago

My blind rage is reserved for those who continue to support and enable this lunacy...

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