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Is the World Health Organization's reliance on China in this pandemic a problem? Of course. But that's the reality of international fora, and the risk of that problem needs to be put in the context of the crisis we're facing, here. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/world-health-organization-coronavirus-response-975543/
Being hawkish on China, and Beijing's influence on supranational bodies, is a good thing.
But using it as a cudgel to go after all the work of the organization that is helping the world coordinate its COVID-19 response is really irresponsible. It misunderstands the WHO's role.
But using it as a cudgel to go after all the work of the organization that is helping the world coordinate its COVID-19 response is really irresponsible. It misunderstands the WHO's role.
Blaming international bodies for domestic failure is also a very classic move for bumbling wanna-be oligarchs (see: Orban and Soros.) Open source intelligence told us COVID-19 was a problem in late Jan/early Feb. Governments still didn't act. The WHO isn't uniquely to blame.
