'This is the voice of reason that should be leading the country's response to the current pandemic—not the erratic, combative, self-centered Trump, the robotically obsequious Mike Pence or the comically unqualified Jared Kushner.'
saying, “Cutting funding to the WHO—rather than focusing on solutions—is a dangerous move at a precarious moment for the world. The AMA is deeply concerned by this decision and its wide-ranging ramifications, and we strongly urge the president to reconsider.”Early Wednesday morning, Gates took to Twitter to condemn that decision and to insist that the WHO was playing an essential role in trying to battle and contain this pandemic.
The U.S. is the single largest donor to the WHO, having previously committed to $893 million in funding over two years. The Gates Foundation is the next biggest donor to the WHO, making upIn late January, the WHO declared coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern. A week later, the Gates Foundation pledged up to $100 million to help contain the outbreak.
Although the coronavirus is a previously unknown enemy, Gates has been warning about the dangers of a global pandemic for years. In, Gates said “If anything kills over 10 million people in the next few decades, it’s most likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than a war — not missiles but microbes,” he said at the time. “We have invested a huge amount in nuclear deterrents, but we’ve actually invested very little in a system to stop an epidemic. We’re not ready for the next epidemic.
. There, the billionaire philanthropist said the coronavirus pandemic is a “nightmare scenario,” but with a strong national response the U.S. can keep the deaths under the “100,000 and 240,000” figure cited by the White House task force. “If we do the social distancing properly, we should be able to get out of this with the death number well short of that,” Gates said.
This is the voice of reason that should be leading the country’s response to the current pandemic: not the erratic, combative, self-centered Trump, the robotically obsequious Mike Pence or the comically unqualified Jared Kushner—and the person taking the podium at the daily White House briefings.
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