[spintreebob]

Many great quotes in this: We should have actually expressed our respect and gratitude to China for what it's doing, Tedros said.

praised the speed of Chinese researchers in sequencing the virus. But once central authorities got involved, detailed data trickled to a crawl.

[mass55th]

China lied, people died, and WHO covered up for them.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

(from the article) :" The recordings suggest that rather than colluding with China, as Trump declared,
WHO was itself kept in the dark as China gave it the minimal information required by law."

CYA by the WHO for the Chinese relationship with Director Tedros.
If you repeat the lie often enough, and loud enough,.. the lie gets believed.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

The Excuse for inadequate and untimely information
comes about 7 months too late !
Lame excuse, altogether .

[a fool in paradise]

WHO wasn’t frustrated by this. WHO was much more public in denouncing and attacking anything said or done by President Trump.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Privately, they complained in meetings the week of Jan. 6 that China was not sharing enough data to assess how effectively the virus spread between people or what risk it posed to the rest of the world, costing valuable time."

All you folks looking for a "scam" in the COVID response...HERE is your biggest culprit.