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Johnny2X2X

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12. WHO exists to do a lot more than fight pandemics
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 10:43 AM
Jan 2025

In fact, most of their work is around other things. They help with clean water, nutrition, and childhood development. They have programs for stopping the spread of HIV, providing health care for women and infants, stopping outbreaks like Cholera, Dengue Fever, and Molaria. They help kids in devloping areas get needed surgeries and treatments. They coordinate programs for the blind and the deaf. On and on, they're basically a giant charity that gets help to hundreds of millions of people in need. They even coordinate famine relief. The have programs for elder care.

Only the Red Cross is a larger relief organization globally than the WHO.

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WHO on US intent to withdraw [View all] struggle4progress Jan 2025 OP
Tanzania confirms outbreak of Marburg virus struggle4progress Jan 2025 #1
This disease has a very high mortality rate. SheltieLover Jan 2025 #6
Chapare haemorrhagic fever- the Plurinational State of Bolivia struggle4progress Jan 2025 #2
Addressing prostate cancer and promoting men's sexual and reproductive health struggle4progress Jan 2025 #3
Health experts warn of danger. struggle4progress Jan 2025 #4
Of course it will isolate the USA. Likely slobby's intention. SheltieLover Jan 2025 #7
The PutinGOP goal is to weaken and endanger the US. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #9
Germany to lobby Trump on WHO withdrawal struggle4progress Jan 2025 #5
I hope they are successful! SheltieLover Jan 2025 #8
WHO has effectively fought disease woldwide for decades Johnny2X2X Jan 2025 #10
Other than the wealthy and upper middle classes, the U.S.A. has always been a "developing nation." hunter Jan 2025 #11
WHO exists to do a lot more than fight pandemics Johnny2X2X Jan 2025 #12
Sociopaths don't care about anyone who is not useful to them. hunter Jan 2025 #13
And you can't even get this group of sociopaths to recoginze the economic opportunities Johnny2X2X Jan 2025 #14
True and ironically, it is the 1950s, a time of less inequality, that some Republicans karynnj Jan 2025 #15
Shame on Trump and his supporters. Kid Berwyn Jan 2025 #16
One of the most asinine actions the idiot could make. Fla Dem Jan 2025 #17
the founding member, the world leader in public health bigtree Jan 2025 #18
They shouldn't share anything with the US Horse with no Name Jan 2025 #19
100% everything yesterday was pent up revenge for 2020. Initech Jan 2025 #20
A horrible and dangerous decision. La Coliniere Jan 2025 #21
Trump cant remove us from the World Health Organization, its needs to be an act from congress Mr. Sparkle Jan 2025 #22
Don't know if you noticed this, but NOTHING MATTERS ANYMORE. Maru Kitteh Jan 2025 #23
Just wait until the shit hits the fan, it wont be long Mr. Sparkle Jan 2025 #24
All that time and effort Biden spent to repair out alliances and restore some level of respectability Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #25
I'm waiting for one of those smug pundits to explain how exactly this helps the white working class... Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #26
Silly WHO aeromanKC Jan 2025 #27
This is probably on the recommendation of RFK Klarkashton Jan 2025 #28
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