The COVID-19 epidemic is getting worse all over the world, with nearly 635,000 confirmed cases in COVID-19, USA, and President Trump's practice is becoming more and more magical.
On April 4, 2020 14, local time, Donald Trump announced that he would suspend his funding to the World Health Organization, criticizing WHO for its serious mismanagement, failing to share epidemic information in time when the epidemic first appeared in Wuhan, and then failing to provide timely epidemic prevention advice and announce the global epidemic, and holding WHO responsible for this.
Donald trump believes that WHO is too China-centric. He said in his speech:
We are deeply worried about whether the generosity of the United States to WHO has been rewarded in the best way. The United States will work with WHO to reform WHO's failure, but at the same time, it will invest money elsewhere. We will change the direction of global health and cooperate directly with others. Next, we will provide financial assistance to those teams that are very powerful, influential and intelligent, and discuss them in medicine and politics.
According to NBC, the United States has always been the "largest single donor country" of WHO, providing about $893 million to WHO in the past two years, accounting for 15% of its budget.
Be opposed by all parties
When Donald Trump made this remark, there were many discussions from all walks of life.
Bill Gates says Donald Trump's decision to stop US funding for WHO during the global health crisis is dangerous:
If the work of WHO stops, no other organization can replace them. Now, the world needs WHO more than ever.
It is worth mentioning that Bill Gates was caught in a conspiracy theory before, and foreign netizens thought that Bill Gates would use vaccines to realize the so-called "human extinction plan".
But in fact, Bill Gates' response to the epidemic is obvious:
On June 27, 2020, the Gates Foundation announced that it would provide an emergency grant of $5 million and provide corresponding technical and expert support.
On February 25th, 2020, the Gates Foundation announced its commitment to invest up to $654.38+0 billion in grants, including $5 million promised by/kloc-0 at the end of October to support the global response to the 2065.438+09 novel coronavirus epidemic.
On April 15, 2020, the Gates Foundation announced an additional donation of10.50 billion USD. At present, the total amount of donations promised by the foundation has exceeded 250 million US dollars.
At present, in the medical field, many people have voiced their opposition.
Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet, a top international academic journal, said on Twitter that Donald Trump's actions were a crime against all mankind.
Tom Ingsby, director of the Center for Health and Safety at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, said on Fox News Channel:
The United States needs the normal operation of WHO, which helps the world to prepare for the epidemic.
Scott gottlieb, former director of the US Food and Drug Administration, also said in the program "Face the Nation":
In the face of the worst epidemic in a century, suspending funding for WHO is like cutting off the ammunition of allies.
In addition, many American media believe that Trump's attack on WHO is too hypocritical, mainly because:
Although Donald Trump criticized WHO for failing to declare the global epidemic in time, Donald Trump did not take any action after WHO declared the epidemic into a public health emergency.
Donald Trump's travel ban is not as comprehensive and successful as he said. After the travel ban was issued, 40,000 people still arrived in the United States from China.
Donald Trump praised China's anti-epidemic efforts, but accused WHO of failing to point out China's lack of transparency in disclosing the true extent of the epidemic.
The Democratic National Committee of the United States issued a statement saying:
The president's behavior further endangered public health and tried to divert people's accusations of his own failure. Donald Trump's incompetence exacerbated the crisis.
Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, was angry at this statement, saying that Donald Trump was dictatorial and wanted to be king.
Back to the rational consideration of the epidemic itself, many people also think that Donald Trump's approach is out of date.
UN Secretary-General Guterres said:
It is inappropriate to reduce the resources needed for the operation of WHO or any other humanitarian organization. WHO must be supported, which is absolutely vital to the global efforts to overcome the COVID-19 epidemic.
At present, countries have also expressed their opposition to Donald Trump's practice. On April 5, 2020, China Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao said:
At present, the global epidemic situation is grim and is at a critical moment. This decision of the United States will weaken the ability of WHO and damage international cooperation in the prevention and treatment of epidemics, which will affect all countries in the world, including the United States, especially those with fragile capabilities. We urge the United States to earnestly fulfill its responsibilities and obligations and support WHO in leading international anti-epidemic actions.
WHO response: I am sorry.
On April 15, 2020, local time, in the face of Donald Trump's remarks, WHO Director-General Ted Ross Adham breyer Seuss said in his speech:
We regret that the President of the United States decided to suspend funding for the World Health Organization. WHO is reviewing the impact of the suspension of US funding on us. We will work with our partners to fill any funding gap and ensure that the work of the Organization will continue uninterrupted. Who member States and independent institutions responsible for ensuring transparency and accountability will also review who's performance in responding to the epidemic. Since the outbreak, WHO has been doing its best to fight the epidemic. We will continue to work hard to stop this epidemic, which is our commitment to the whole world.
In fact, David nabarro, special envoy of WHO, said earlier:
The whole world has been affected by the COVID-19 epidemic. Enterprises are in trouble, and communities are in trouble. I really hope that all countries will not threaten WHO or take other actions for any reason, which will weaken our ability to collect the best and most comprehensive information about the epidemic.
According to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO has taken a series of measures to deal with the epidemic, such as organizing online courses to train medical staff, providing technical guidance to health ministers, medical workers and individuals in various countries, cooperating with other countries to speed up vaccine development, setting up a United Nations supply chain task force to expand the distribution of basic medical equipment, and holding a foundation to raise funds.
But it is worth noting that this is not the first time Donald Trump has accused WHO and threatened to cut off funds.
American Foreign Policy magazine reported that when Donald Trump submitted the 20021budget in February 2020, he proposed to reduce the funds provided to WHO from $654.38+23 billion in the previous year to $58 million.
Based on this, foreign media speculated that Trump's announcement of the suspension of supply to WHO may also be a means to promote this reduction plan. In this way, the attack on WHO is more like a cover.
CDC will continue to cooperate with WHO.
However, on April 15 local time, Robert redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that he would continue to work side by side with WHO to contain the epidemic and protect the American people.
Many netizens said that this seems to be a slap in the face for the president.
As a traitor, Donald Trump seems completely unmoved and has no response to the above objections.
At the White House briefing on the COVID-19 epidemic on April 15, 2020, Donald Trump only said that according to the data of new cases, the peak of the epidemic in the United States had passed, and he hoped that some states could restart their economies before May 1 5.
When COVID-19 is raging, the world needs closer ties than ever before, as the Constitution of the World Health Organization says:
It is one of the basic rights of everyone to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health. Not because of different races, religions, political beliefs, economic or social conditions.
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