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W.H.O., Now Trump’s Scapegoat, Warned About Coronavirus Early and Often
New York Times ^ | April, 16, 2020 | Donald G. McNeil Jr. etc

Posted on 04/16/2020 6:25:10 AM PDT by granada

On Jan. 22, two days after Chinese officials first publicized the serious threat posed by the new virus ravaging the city of Wuhan, the chief of the World Health Organization held the first of what would be months of almost daily media briefings, sounding the alarm, telling the world to take the outbreak seriously.

But with its officials divided, the W.H.O., still seeing no evidence of sustained spread of the virus outside of China, declined the next day to declare a global public health emergency. A week later, the organization reversed course and made the declaration.

Those early days of the epidemic illustrated the strengths and weaknesses of the W.H.O., an arm of the United Nations that is now under fire by President Trump, who on Tuesday ordered a cutoff of American funding to the organization.

With limited, constantly shifting information to go on, the W.H.O. showed an early, consistent determination to treat the new contagion like the threat it would become, and to persuade others to do the same. At the same time, the organization repeatedly praised China, acting and speaking with a political caution born of being an arm of the United Nations, with few resources of its own, unable to do its work without international cooperation.

Mr. Trump, deflecting criticism that his own handling of the crisis left the United States unprepared, accused the W.H.O. of mismanaging it, called the organization “very China-centric” and said it had “pushed China’s misinformation.”

But a close look at the record shows that the W.H.O. acted with greater foresight and speed than many national governments, and more than it had shown in previous epidemics. And while it made mistakes, there is little evidence that the W.H.O. is responsible for the disasters that have unfolded in Europe and then the United States.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2020election; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; ghebreyesus; mediawingofthednc; newxitimes; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; who
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To: dfwgator
The Jan. 14 tweet came less than two months before WHO declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic.

“Preliminary investigations conducted by the Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) identified in #Wuhan, #China,” the organization had said.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/world-health-organization-january-tweet-china-human-transmission-coronavirus

It is awfully suspicious for the NYT to carry WHO’s water and defend it when WHO was derelict in its duty to the world.

21 posted on 04/16/2020 6:49:42 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: dfwgator

...That’s the Chinese Money talking.

I would love to see an audit of the “donations” to CNN and NYT from ChiCom, Saudi, and Iranian sources. It would be... illuminating


22 posted on 04/16/2020 6:51:13 AM PDT by HangnJudge (China Lied, People died, Never Forget, this Decade's 9-11)
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To: granada

More bunk from the NYT...


23 posted on 04/16/2020 6:51:28 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: ZULU

Does anyone believe the Times?


24 posted on 04/16/2020 6:51:50 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: HangnJudge
I would love to see an audit of the “donations” to CNN and NYT from ChiCom, Saudi, and Iranian sources. It would be... illuminating

Indeed.

25 posted on 04/16/2020 6:52:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: granada

The left is now really scared.
There is much more here than even Faux is reporting.
I’d bet Gates-Soros involvement here goes beyond simply throwing $$$ at Wuhan and W.H.O

MSM payoffs, CA Senators and congressmen, DNC kickbacks.


26 posted on 04/16/2020 6:53:02 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: granada

So the left once again sides with America’s enemies instead of America. Where is the “news” in this?


27 posted on 04/16/2020 6:55:58 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Fauci said don’t worry about it as late as February 29 in his Today Show appearance.


28 posted on 04/16/2020 6:56:56 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

Short answer; yes.

People seek out those who speak their own version of ‘truths’ to validate their ideals


29 posted on 04/16/2020 6:57:46 AM PDT by z3n
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To: granada

The NY SLIMES—is SO obvious.


30 posted on 04/16/2020 7:01:43 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: granada

They didn’t, and it’s easy to verify they didn’t;

All disease outbreak news releases
https://www.who.int/csr/don/archive/year/2020/en/


31 posted on 04/16/2020 7:04:26 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: granada
Making Uncle Walter proud by continuing to defend communists and crooks and their horrible deeds.
32 posted on 04/16/2020 7:05:14 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: dfwgator

That’s the Chinese Money talking.

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^^ THAT ^^


33 posted on 04/16/2020 7:07:17 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

“....Demonrat Party+Demonrat Media+Chinese Bio Weapon = Chinese Collusion Pandemic.....”

Nail, meet hammer.
Many of us have smelled nothin’ but stinkin’ “RAT” right from the very start of this fiasco. The U.S. collaborators need to be outed. Their names need to made public to every household in America affected by this. They need to be publicly hanged for treason, mass murder, etc.


34 posted on 04/16/2020 7:07:20 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: granada

To: NYTimes

Don’t ‘gaslight’ me bro!


35 posted on 04/16/2020 7:08:29 AM PDT by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: RasterMaster

Very nice list, could have included Sen. Feinstein’s Chinese spy, limo driver.


36 posted on 04/16/2020 7:15:28 AM PDT by Fireone (Build the gallows first, then the wall!)
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To: granada
Xi newspuppet Donald G. McNeil Jr. of The New Xi Times weighs in...
37 posted on 04/16/2020 7:34:13 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: granada

No, they didn’t. As usual, our President is spot on with this.


38 posted on 04/16/2020 8:41:39 AM PDT by JLLH
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To: granada

Lying bastards!!!


39 posted on 04/16/2020 9:10:35 AM PDT by ontap
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To: granada

The NYT: stooges for CCP and WHO.


40 posted on 04/16/2020 9:17:58 AM PDT by windsorknot
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