Posted on 01/27/2025 4:10:05 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await further guidance.”
Experts said the sudden stoppage was a surprise and would set back work on investigating and trying to stop outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox in Africa, as well as brewing global threats. It also comes as health authorities around the world are monitoring bird flu outbreaks among U.S. livestock.
The Associated Press viewed a copy of Nkengasong's memo, which said the stop-work policy applied to “all CDC staff engaging with WHO through technical working groups, coordinating centers, advisory boards, cooperative agreements or other means — in person or virtual.” It also says CDC staff are not allowed to visit WHO offices.
President Donald Trump last week issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from WHO, but that did not take immediate effect. Leaving WHO requires the approval of Congress and that the U.S. meets its financial obligations for the current fiscal year. The U.S. also must provide a one-year notice.
His administration also told federal health agencies to stop most communications with the public through at least the end of the month.
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This is going to result in the death of every living thing on earth. /s not really though
will the timing jeopardize RFK confirmation?
and Marty Makary and others?!
Ha! They would love that.
Excellent. This will help career bureaucrats remember where their primary loyalty should reside.
That’s why I gave to The Human Fund.
It certainly is going to result in the loss of intel to the Chinese Communist government.
“ Experts said the sudden stoppage was a surprise and would set back work on investigating and trying to stop outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox in Africa…”
I’m so sick of “experts”.
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All the right people are extremely upset. Another revenue stream from the tax-payers to the politically-connected corrupt in D.C. has been shut down.
President Trump has just placed multiple USAID officials on leave for failing to follow his executive orders blocking foreign aid, per RCP’s @susancrabtree. (That’s RealClearPolitics).
These workers were conspiring to circumvent Trump’s orders halting foreign aid and DEI spending, so the Active Administrator stepped in and put a stop to it.
I suspect just about every federal department or agency has one person who has sat quietly with their head down doing their job over the past 4 years while knowing there was nothing they could do. That person is now notifying Trump’s people when his/her department tries to circumvent Trump’s policies.
And, by extension, lay-off all employees dedicated to the work between the two organizations. They are now superfluous.
Just think of it as a recreation of Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan
Ping
So much winning!! Not tired!!
Ah, those "experts" again...
They didn't stop covid.
So what's the point of funding WHO?
I notice the pharma’s are trying to help the CDC communicate (IMHO) their ‘concerns’ to the public by quoting the CDC in their advertising. “According to the CDC....”
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