Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Bofferbrauer2]

Nighthawk117 said:
There is no need for the USA to be the WHO's largest donor when we already fund our CDC with $11b a year. All the other countries can foot the bill for the WHO.

As if other countries wouldn't have their own CDC equivalent. But that's against the point of the WHO, which is more to coordinate and organize the health effort of all the countries.

Edit: I do agree that the WHO is bloated, though, and needs to be slimmed down a notch. And their treatment of Taiwan due to pressure from China is despicable. But outright removing the funds will not solve anything. In fact, it would rather further reinforce the Chinese position, which is already pretty strong. Besides, the part that the US pay to the WHO was $400M, and if those go missing then it will most certainly negatively impact their health emergency programme, which is getting used right now to research for a vaccine for the Coronavirus and to support weaker or heavily affected nations/regions with medical supplies. 

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 15 April 2020