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William Seger

(10,742 posts)
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 02:26 AM Sep 2020

U.S. says it won't join WHO-linked effort to develop, distribute coronavirus vaccine

Source: Washington Post

The Trump administration said it will not join a global effort to develop, manufacture and equitably distribute a coronavirus vaccine, in part because the World Health Organization is involved, a decision that could shape the course of the pandemic and the country’s role in health diplomacy.

More than 170 countries are in talks to participate in the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (Covax) Facility, which aims to speed vaccine development, secure doses for all countries and distribute them to the most high-risk segment of each population.

The plan, which is co-led by the WHO, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and Gavi, the vaccine alliance, was of interest to some members of the Trump administration and is backed by traditional U.S. allies, including Japan, Germany and the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union.

But the United States will not participate, in part because the White House does not want to work with the WHO, which President Trump has criticized over what he characterized as its “China-centric” response to the pandemic.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/coronavirus-vaccine-trump/2020/09/01/b44b42be-e965-11ea-bf44-0d31c85838a5_story.html

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U.S. says it won't join WHO-linked effort to develop, distribute coronavirus vaccine (Original Post) William Seger Sep 2020 OP
F**k the US under trump still_one Sep 2020 #1
Trump has made sure we are no longer a leader in anything. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2020 #2
It constantly amazes me that Republicans won't ditch this proven loser. n/t Beartracks Sep 2020 #4
Putin's orders SheltieLover Sep 2020 #6
The shining city on a hill is now a dank rubbish dump at the bottom of a slippery slope (nt) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #8
And why not? America has shown its pandemic response to be so much better so far... Beartracks Sep 2020 #3
Of course not. Take a fuckin poke in the eye!!! BootinUp Sep 2020 #5
Just keeps getting crappier and crappier. eom sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #7
The SOB Wants to to sell it to the world.... ashredux Sep 2020 #9

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,485 posts)
2. Trump has made sure we are no longer a leader in anything.
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 02:29 AM
Sep 2020

Which makes the US a laughingstock and not a beacon of hope in the world.

Beartracks

(12,761 posts)
3. And why not? America has shown its pandemic response to be so much better so far...
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 02:31 AM
Sep 2020

... as easily proven by the U.S. having the highest per capita death rate over all those other sinkhole countries!!1! Yeah!!!


obviously...

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