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Barozi on 16 April 2020
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Nighthawk117 said:
vivster said:
Defunding WHO for COVID is like defunding weather agencies for hurricanes.

And what is the global equivalent to the WHO when it comes to the weather forecast?  In the USA, we rely on the NWS for our needs, just like we rely on the CDC

for protection from viruses.  I'm not saying we don't need the WHO to help the entire planet in times like this.  What I'm saying is that the USA should not

be the biggest donor to that agency.  The USA should only give them $30m a year, let the other countries pick up the fucking tab.

Considering the US is the biggest economical power on earth, it definitely should be the biggest donor. It's only logical.

However it only spends 0.0014% of its GDP for the WHO ($281m/$20.5tn). For comparison the UK spends 0.007% ($205m/$2.9tn) which is 5 times more than the US.

You could also look at it another way. The US spends $0.86 per capita. Kuwait spends $13 per capita which is 15 times as much as the US.

https://www.keionline.org/30744

That doesn't mean that the US the worst of the bunch (China is much worse in that regard) but the amount they were already paying was never impressive or exemplary to begin with.

Last edited by Barozi - on 16 April 2020