Interesting piece by @mattapuzzo and others at @nytimes looking at the list of seven demands Trump conveyed to @WHO before he announced withdrawal. No clear strategy apparent. “It was all about my country, my politics, my election”, says @LawrenceGostin. nytimes.com/2020/11/27/wor…
“The third item asked Dr. Tedros to say that countries were right to consider travel restrictions during the pandemic ... Dr. Tedros was wary of being drawn into the American presidential campaign, where travel restrictions were a rallying cry for the Trump campaign.”
“The American requests also called for the W.H.O. to pre-qualify coronavirus drugs and vaccines for use around the world once they were authorized by major regulators in the United States, Canada, Europe or Japan.”
“The Trump administration also asked Dr. Tedros to ensure that countries like the United States that contribute heavily to the W.H.O. are proportionally represented on the organization’s staff.”
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