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 countrys 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
still_one
(91,963 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,485 posts)Which makes the US a laughingstock and not a beacon of hope in the world.
Beartracks
(12,761 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,154 posts)Beartracks
(12,761 posts)... 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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BootinUp
(46,927 posts)Maniac with delusions of grandeur.