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WHO finally admits coronavirus is airborne. It’s too late (global community) - C C - May 5, 2021
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2021/05/04/who-coronavirus-airborne/
EXCERPTS: Over a year since declaring Covid-19 a pandemic, the World Health Organization has finally admitted that Coronavirus is airborne.
[...] On 14 April 2020, former president Donald Trump announced his intent to withdraw US membership — and funding — from WHO. Many people think Trump was trying to shift blame for his poor handling of the pandemic to a scapegoat, criticizing WHO for "severely mismanaging and covering up" the spread of Covid-19 and mistakes that "pushed China's misinformation."
Others believe that blaming WHO is not scapegoating because there's some merit to Trump's criticism. I hold the same opinion. No organization is perfect, and large ones especially have room for improvement — I'm not suggesting that we should defund WHO, but the organization could do with a little restructuring.
WHO has a relatively small annual budget of $2.5 billion. It needs to shift its financial resources toward areas that need money most, such as protecting people from global health emergencies, and away from communicating for health — an area where a bureaucratic body will be slow to react to rapidly-changing scientific evidence.
The world needs somebody — like Trump, but not Trump — with the power to put pressure on WHO to reform its approach to communication... (MORE - details)