There is widespread agreement that the global community did not respond as well as it should have — and could have — to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indeed, we *still* aren’t doing everything that needs to be done to save lives and prevent the virus from continuing to mutate around the world.
That’s why most of the world’s countries are working together — through the World Health Organization (WHO), the public health branch of the United Nations — to improve how we collectively handle pandemics going forward.
- For example, it’s clear that China — where COVID-19 originated — downplayed the threat at the outset of the pandemic.
- Well, one of the reforms under consideration would allow the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern without waiting for the country where an outbreak starts — which may have less-than-noble reasons to downplay the severity of a problem — to sign off on such a declaration.
- Seems pretty basic, right?
But reactionary outlets like Fox News — in particular the host of Tucker Carlson Tonight, the most-watched cable “news” program in America — are spreading lies about this international effort to keep all of humanity safe.
In fact, Tucker Carlson is pushing utterly insane conspiracy theories about the WHO being granted “power over every intimate aspect of your life” and “total authority over emergency operations in the United States.”
Send a message to Tucker Carlson at Fox News:
If the people of Earth can’t apply even simple lessons learned from our collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, *millions* more could suffer and die needlessly when the next pandemic strikes. For the love of humanity, stop spreading disinformation and conspiracy theories about the World Health Organization.
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For progress,
- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen
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