I did, prior to this, think that the WHO did at least some limited amount of good in coordinating global health issues. I thought they could work more effectively with anti-US third world countries than the CDC could, for example.
Seems I was wrong, and I hope the CDC didn't expect anything from them, either. Really hoping.
The WHO works well only as long as they get help from the host country, When the host country says no we don't want that to be reported or no we don't want you to do this the WHO follows along with them. That is the problem with the UN everyone wants the US to concede to their demands but they do not want to have to concede to the same demands. We should not handcuff ourselves for the sake of the world not being scared of us. This is where we need a very strong Diplomatic corp. I had hope that Condi would shake things up on that front but I think the Diplomats are as bad as the politicians. The STATE DEP. should step in and offer incentives/ trade/ joint treaties and threaten embargos/ aid cut-off/ etc to get the countries to do what is best for the world population. If the truth about the pandemic would hurt the countries trade we could help. We need to be the White-hat cowboy again not the evil Satan.