trump shutdown the CDC offices in China, right before the pandemic, forcing us to depend on China for our information about the origin of the pandemic. You would think that would have taught trump the error of his ways. he would realize diseases can cross borders, so we must invest in finding diseases in other countries. Instead, trump is going full tilt on not fighting disease.
You might think the first time in history opportunity is getting rid of Polio forever. WHO was on the verge of driving Polio to extinction before the pandemic, but now it could go either way. Maybe the WHO will wipe Polio out, or Polio might break out of is quarantine and ravish the world... especially the USA where vaccination rates have been dropping.
But Polio is a lessor opportunity. The big opportunity I am speaking of is worldwide virus monitoring. We can monitor the entire world for viruses, and see what viruses are moving through humanity. This will give us a fantastic picture on future pandemics, and early warning(often by decades) of coming pandemics. It is a huge opportunity. It will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to setup, and take a lot of time, but it is worth it.
There is only one organization that can do this, and that is the WHO. There is no way that trump gets the whole world to agree to a new organization. When trump leaves the WHO he is guaranteeing that this will not be done for decades to come. Putting Humpty Dumpty back together might not be possible, and will certainly take decades to happen.
You might think the first time in history opportunity is getting rid of Polio forever. WHO was on the verge of driving Polio to extinction before the pandemic, but now it could go either way. Maybe the WHO will wipe Polio out, or Polio might break out of is quarantine and ravish the world... especially the USA where vaccination rates have been dropping.
But Polio is a lessor opportunity. The big opportunity I am speaking of is worldwide virus monitoring. We can monitor the entire world for viruses, and see what viruses are moving through humanity. This will give us a fantastic picture on future pandemics, and early warning(often by decades) of coming pandemics. It is a huge opportunity. It will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to setup, and take a lot of time, but it is worth it.
There is only one organization that can do this, and that is the WHO. There is no way that trump gets the whole world to agree to a new organization. When trump leaves the WHO he is guaranteeing that this will not be done for decades to come. Putting Humpty Dumpty back together might not be possible, and will certainly take decades to happen.
