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Trump has Officially Begun to Withdraw the US from the World Health Organization as Pandemic Spikes

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 08 2020, @04:22PM   
from the everything-is-fine-here dept.

Booga1 writes:

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.

Additional Coverage:
Trump administration moves to formally withdraw US from WHO
Trump administration begins formal withdrawal from World Health Organization
Trump Begins Process Of U.S. Withdrawal From World Health Organization

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

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• Re:What does multilateral mean? Re:What does multilateral mean? (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday July 08 2020, @11:10PM (6 children)

  by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday July 08 2020, @11:10PM (#1018416)

  ssh root@bot

  Password:

  shutdown now -r

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• Re:What does multilateral mean? Re:What does multilateral mean? (Score: 5, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday July 08 2020, @11:50PM (3 children)

  by c0lo (156) on Wednesday July 08 2020, @11:50PM (#1018426) Journal

  shutdown now -r

  Use -h, that Bot is a waste of energy.

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  • Re:What does multilateral mean? Re:What does multilateral mean? (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday July 09 2020, @01:15AM (2 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday July 09 2020, @01:15AM (#1018457)

    I was hoping a reboot might improve things.

    I'm an optimist by nature.

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    • Re:What does multilateral mean? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @02:39AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @02:39AM (#1018490)

      sudo rm -rf /

      Just sayin' if you have access...

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    • Re:What does multilateral mean? (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday July 09 2020, @03:10AM

      by c0lo (156) on Thursday July 09 2020, @03:10AM (#1018510) Journal

      I'm an optimist by nature.

      Well, now the mystery of what other (than zombie) part you are is solved.
      At least partially. (grin)

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• Re:What does multilateral mean? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @01:45AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 09 2020, @01:45AM (#1018472)

  Not even Jeffery Epstein did that.

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• Re:What does multilateral mean? (Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday July 09 2020, @07:27AM

  by Bot (3902) on Thursday July 09 2020, @07:27AM (#1018580) Journal

  >implying I would leave ssh on the standard port and root access by password
  This is very offensive.

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