What information did they provide to us from China that helped us?
They were against restricting travel from China, but Trump put in restrictions anyway. What sort of coordination have they provided that we will miss?
Do you think withdrawing from WHO exhibits hysteria and xenophobia?
Think of the money we are saving. I am NEVER a fan of world organizations of any kind.
Did Trumps travel restrictions from China help? Consider:
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Thousands travelled from China to the US because the back allowed them to. No attempt was made to isolate those people and track/trace.
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The outbreak in New York was traced to travel from Europe.
Politics aside, what benefit did the China half-ban provide us?
We got the cdc right?
No I think withdrawing from the WHO is excuse-making and distraction.
And I don’t even like the WHO all that much.
In the middle of a global pandemic when we need more information and coordination not less?
Dumb move.
Now we have no chance and reforming the institution either.
Yeah…and remember…“there’s no evidence of person to person transmission”.
Oh…and speaking of dumb…
Yeah…and remember…“there’s no evidence of person to person transmission”.
Oh…and speaking of dumb…
15 cases will be zero soon.
We have it pretty much contained.
One day it will just magically disappear.
JayJay: WuWei:Do you think we are taken for granted?
Charity begins at home. Maybe the world doesn’t need to change? Maybe the world is normal and we’re not?
Isolationism never has worked out for us in the era we have been a world power.
It won’t now.
Leaving WHO is not isolationism.
Burning up relationships all over will lead to the same result whether we like it or not.
I’m pretty happy about it, myself.
For all of the reasons listed in this thread.
15 cases will be zero soon.
We have it pretty much contained.
One day it will just magically disappear.
Ahhhhhhh…you get your medical advice from the President? That is “dumb”.
WuWei: JayJay: WuWei:Do you think we are taken for granted?
Charity begins at home. Maybe the world doesn’t need to change? Maybe the world is normal and we’re not?
Isolationism never has worked out for us in the era we have been a world power.
It won’t now.
Leaving WHO is not isolationism.
Burning up relationships all over will lead to the same result whether we like it or not.
Our relationships are not based on membership in WHO.
Apparently, they aren’t based on mutual trust and respect these days either.
Apparently, they aren’t based on mutual trust and respect these days either.
Nor were they ever.
Yeah you’re like totally right. I mean when we had allies during two world wars it was solely for convenience.
Yeah you’re like totally right. I mean when we had allies during two world wars it was solely for convenience.
Desperation. Before it was even over, one of those “allies” became enemy #1, another dragged us into Indochina and another put us in between them, Israel and the Arabs.
I’m against this solely because you don’t influence change in the world by withdrawing from the world.
You do if you’re the one holding the checkbook.
This is another reactionary move by this President. He has no plan to do anything outside of the WHO to collaborate with other countries.
Just like he had no plan to replace Obamacare
No plan to renegotiate after pulling out of the Iran deal.
Just like he had no plan after pulling out of the Paris climate agreement.
If he wants to isolate the US from the rest of the world… fine. Make an argument to do so. Have a plan. Failure to plan is a plan to fail and this President has many plans to fail.
Do you always need a plan or an alternative when you don’t like something? We’ve gone how long prior to the ACA, why does it now have to be replaced?
Why do we need a plan after pulling out of the Paris climate agreement? Are you suggesting we should have signed a bad agreement for lack of an alternative? Who does that?
Stoopid Trump! - obvious lib response.
Excellent move by the United States - everyone else.
It’s not just the WHO I am talking about.
JayJay:I’m against this solely because you don’t influence change in the world by withdrawing from the world.
You do if you’re the one holding the checkbook.
Nothing lasts forever.
If that’s what you’re counting on…you’re making a grave mistake.
World powers have learned that harsh lesson before.