Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Pemalite]

Nighthawk117 said:

Pemalite said:

Did he come out and say it?

Pretty silly to assume the CDC will get everything right going forward though... It is always smarter to work with multiple agencies rather than drop all your eggs in one basket.

Plus WHO provides a ton of logistical support and pathways of communication and information dissemination, it's about getting all of the worlds participating countries to work together to fight against an issue... If the Coronavirus is any example, some countries have done really well and those countries provide their successful methods to the WHO, who then go forth and work with less successful countries like the United States.

The US CDC is not perfect....nothing is these days...but, they do care about my country more than the biased WHO.

Just because the CDC will prioritize the USA first, doesn't mean the WHO doesn't care about the USA.

They have completely different geographical coverage and thus priorities... A pandemic needs to be fought world-wide to protect the USA, not just fought in the USA.

For example... We had no new confirmed cases of Coronavirus here yesterday or today and we are moving towards opening things up locally again having possibly "defeated" the virus... However because the United States failed to act swiftly and is unable to say the same, we cannot open our borders up to them and benefit both parties economically... And in part we are in this position because local governments and councils took onboard some advice from WHO as well as local agencies and outlets.