WTAF @WHO? https://twitter.com/thewhof/status/1379841393452023808">https://twitter.com/thewhof/s...
For years, Nestle has been looking for ways to burrow into the World Health Organization so it can finally shake its pariah status.

(Recall the baby formula makers unethical marketing practices led to the deaths of tens of thousands of babies.) https://www.nber.org/papers/w24452 ">https://www.nber.org/papers/w2...
Looks like the weak link of the newly created WHO Foundation ( @whof) gave the company activists once called the “baby killer” the opening it needed. https://waronwant.org/resources/baby-killer">https://waronwant.org/resources...
Nestle—a company that pumps the world full of unhealthy, ultra processed food which has made so many people sick and more susceptible to COVID— finally gets the coveted WHO stamp of approval by proxy.
All for the low, low price of ???? (Awaiting @thewhof response)
To be sure, the WHO and the global pandemic response needs all the funding and support the world can muster.
If Nestle’s intentions were pure, it would’ve made this donation to COVID vaccine equity anonymously.
Instead, Nestle takes a PR victory lap.
But corporate philanthropy isn’t just about PR or reputation laundering.

It’s also a tool of political influence.

Corporate donations open doors that should be tightly shut to industries that make health-harming products. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3842338/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...
It makes sense that @thewhof would emerge as a vehicle for powerful corporations to gain access to the World Health Organization when you look at who’s at the group’s helm—a former pharmaceutical industry executive and McKinsey consultant

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