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This is important
“Trump’s long list of complaints included assertions that WHO failed to promptly declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)”
Let’s review the evidence ... https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/trump-freezes-us-funding-who-world-fights-pandemic

1. The US government had a member on the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee for Pneumonia due to the Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV which advises the WHO on declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) https://www.who.int/ihr/procedures/novel-coronavirus-2019/ec-22012020-members/en/

2. A WHO report of the first meeting of its advisory committee on 23 January 2020 indicates disagreement among the advisors about the declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) - so they did not make that recommendation
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/23-01-2020-statement-on-the-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-regarding-the-outbreak-of-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)

3. Question:

At the 23 Jan 2020 WHO advisory committee meeting on Covid, did the US gov’t argue for or against the immediate declaration of PHEIC?

Against: Trump has no complaint, and in fact the US was at least partially responsible for the delay

For: Keep reading this thread