Why Hasn't Anyone Talked About-A Possible Cancellation?

[GridIron26]

Originally Posted by Pervis_Griffith

My biggest issue with WHO is who leads the organization, and how he got there. Enter China. Here are some facts about the Director General of the World Health Organization.

Sorry for taking a little while to get back to you on this, I wanted to find one specific article I read a while ago regarding Tedros but I cannot find it. The concerns you have about Tedros are legit and I can understand why you feel that way. The issues with human rights and accident cover ups are definitely significant concerns. I'm big on human rights so it's a little tough for me to not consider it but I have to acknowledge the fact that the world accepted Tedros as the WHO director and this is the wrong time to be critical of Tedros's past so I'm going to shelf this until after we have a better control of the virus. The relationship between Tedros and Xi is something we should keep an eye on but as we have seen here in USA in the last few years, it is easy for media to manipulate perspectives to show what they want the audience to see so I'm reserving my judgment on this part. At last, I'm not too concerned about Tedros' credentials, while it would have been great if Tedros is expert in medical field, it is not deal breaker. There are plenty of jobs that have been taken over by people that do not necessarily have a degree designed exactly for the jobs they took on and yet they do well in their positions. Even USA accepted Trump as a president despite the fact he had no politician experiences. If you want to be critical of Tedros as the WHO director simply because of his credentials, then I should expect you to be critical of Trump because of his lack of politican credentials. Isn't that fair assessment?

The article that I have been trying to find for you, it helped me to understand Tedros a little bit more and it puts me in a neutral perspective, I guess - the article explained how Tedros likes to please people. Tedros doesn't like to get on anyone's bad side so he would try to not step over anybody's toes. With that on mind, WHO is in a delicate position at this time as it does not have the power to control what countries can and can't do. If the president of a country didn't like what Tedros said, did or whatever and then refuse to work with WHO, there isn't much Tedros can do about it. USA is a perfect example. The virus originates from China, which means it is critical for WHO and world scientists to have access to China to find the original virus, in order to develop an effective cure. If Tedros decides to condemn China for not being transparent with the world, do you think China would continue to be willing to work with Tedros? Will China continue to allow WHO to have access to China? This article might give you a different perspective of how difficult the position Tedros is in. To me, it seems like it doesn't matter what Tedros do, there always will be a group of people/countries who would be upset with Tedros. At this point, Tedros's primary goal should be to dissolve COVID permanently, not to appease people. Tedros can worry about pleasing people and countries after the pandemic.

To show you a different perspective - we all know USA did a bad job of handling the virus as we were very slow to respond to the pandemic, and yet Tedros praised USA for how we handled the pandemic. Tedros was smart to focus on how people and businesses in USA came together to work together because it was the only good thing that happened during that time. As an American myself, I'm not proud of how USA handled this pandemic in the beginning - we could have done so much better and prevent it from getting worse. I wondered why Tedros praised USA, but after reading about Tedros and understanding where WHO stands, I realized WHO have a little power and is dependent on the world to work together to help WHO beat the pandemic. There's a saying, "don't bite the hand that feeds you" - I think this rings true for WHO. Unfortunately, the world have put Tedros in a position where he needs to do everything to not bite all hands and yet there still will be someone who claims that his hand have been bit by Tedros.

At last, the issue regarding with WHO funds. Can you enlighten me exactly what WHO should have done instead of accepting China's extra funds? If WHO is running out of money for their work, what can they do to resolve the funding issues? I can see how the fact that China is providing extra fund is a concern, but at the same time, I don't see any other choices WHO could have choose. Should WHO simply downsize or close down instead of accepting China's money?