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USA Today reports Trump has Officially Begun to Withdraw the US From the World Health Organization as Pandemic Spikes:
The Trump administration has officially begun to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip the globe and infections spike in many states across the U.S.
Congress received formal notification of the decision on Tuesday, more than a month after President Donald Trump announced his intention to end the U.S. relationship with the WHO and blasted the multilateral institution as a tool of China. The White House said the withdrawal would take effect on July 6, 2021.
[...] The formal withdrawal comes as the United States nears 3 million reported coronavirus cases and more than 130,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Globally, there have been 11.6 million cases and almost 540,000 deaths.
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Previously:
(2020-05-20) Trump Threatens to Take US Out of WHO Entirely and Stop All US Funding
(2020-04-15) Trump to Halt Funding to WHO
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @05:26PM (5 children)
"Killing WHO"??? I don't follow. Is WHO owned by, controlled by, or only supported by the USA?
If WHO is truly an independent organisation, and no one country or entity controls them, then anyone should have the full right to remove support and involvement. How the heck else can problems, like what is being exposed, be fixed?
In light of the pandemic, pruning away the people making things worse is the best thing to do.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by kazzie on Wednesday July 08 2020, @06:52PM (1 child)
Does that apply to heads of state too?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @12:08AM
Yes, but it will be hard to remove Winnie the Pooh as PRC is a dictatorship and their people have no power.
(Score: 4, Informative) by ElizabethGreene on Wednesday July 08 2020, @09:16PM (2 children)
According to howmuch.net [howmuch.net] The funding sources are...
1. U.S.: $116M (24% of total)
2. China: $57M (12% of total)
3. Japan: $41M (8% of total)
4. Germany: $29M (6% of total)
5. U.K.: $22M (4% of total)
6. France: $21M (4% of total)
7. Italy: $16M (3% of total)
8. Brazil: $14M (3% of total)
9. Canada: $13M (2% of total)
10. Russia: $12M (2% of total)
I seem to recall something about committed but unsent funding, but a quick search didn't provide a source for that.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @02:46AM
Cost of World War 2: $4T and 40% of GDP [norwich.edu].
(Score: 1, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Thursday July 09 2020, @05:39PM
How much each country pays is clearly not an indicator of who controls WHO, but is more an indicator of who isn't getting their money's worth (America) and who is getting a killer deal (China).