More than 1,000 organizations and individuals including charities, medical experts and healthcare companies have written to the White House arguing the Trump administration should reverse course and keep funding the World Health Organization.
They make the case that the coronavirus pandemic can't be brought under control without the WHO."The United States cannot rid this insidious virus from the country, nor around the world, without WHO," the letter addressed to President Donald Trump, and sent to the White House on Thursday night says."WHO is the only organization with the technical capacity and global mandate to support the public health response of all countries during this critical time.
"Trump, ever the salesman, is peddling dangerous cures for coronavirusEarlier this week Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized the WHO for failing to go public when China did not follow international health regulations to reveal what it knew about the coronavirus pandemic in a timely fashion. It is unclear if the organization broke any rules or regulations by not calling out China at the time.
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