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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:56:03 PM
CDC director distances himself from Trump’s WHO criticism, saying the agencies ‘continue to have’ strong relationship
By Andrew Joseph @DrewQJoseph
April 15, 2020
CDC Director Robert Redfield
Samuel Corum/Getty Images
Just hours after President Trump announced his intention to cut off U.S. funding for the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus crisis, the leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention demurred when asked if the global health agency had failed and if it was wise to halt funding the midst of a pandemic.
“CDC and WHO has had a long history of working together in multiple outbreaks throughout the world, as we continue to do in this one,” CDC Director Robert Redfield said Wednesday on “Good Morning America.” “And so, we’ve had a very productive public health relationship. We continue to have that.”
“So they didn’t fail?” anchor George Stephanopoulos then asked.
“I’d like to do the postmortem on this outbreak once we get through it together,” Redfield replied.
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In a way, Redfield’s comments align with what WHO officials have been arguing as the criticism from Trump and some congressional Republicans has picked up in the past two weeks. They have said no response from any agency is perfect, and that’s why the WHO had a tradition of commissioning reviews of its handling of outbreaks after the emergencies ebbed.
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Trump’s announcement Tuesday set off almost universal condemnation among public health experts and advocates, who warned that halting U.S. funding for the global agency could compound whatever problems exist, particularly during a crisis. Trump suggested that the money the United States sent to WHO might go to other global health organizations, but experts say no other group has the scope and relationships that WHO does.
In uncharacteristically barbed (and identical) tweets, Bill and Melinda Gates warned that “halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds. Their work is slowing the spread of Covid-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them.”
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/15/cdc-director-who-strong-relationship/
By Andrew Joseph @DrewQJoseph
April 15, 2020
CDC Director Robert Redfield
Samuel Corum/Getty Images
Just hours after President Trump announced his intention to cut off U.S. funding for the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus crisis, the leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention demurred when asked if the global health agency had failed and if it was wise to halt funding the midst of a pandemic.
“CDC and WHO has had a long history of working together in multiple outbreaks throughout the world, as we continue to do in this one,” CDC Director Robert Redfield said Wednesday on “Good Morning America.” “And so, we’ve had a very productive public health relationship. We continue to have that.”
“So they didn’t fail?” anchor George Stephanopoulos then asked.
“I’d like to do the postmortem on this outbreak once we get through it together,” Redfield replied.
[...]
In a way, Redfield’s comments align with what WHO officials have been arguing as the criticism from Trump and some congressional Republicans has picked up in the past two weeks. They have said no response from any agency is perfect, and that’s why the WHO had a tradition of commissioning reviews of its handling of outbreaks after the emergencies ebbed.
[...]
Trump’s announcement Tuesday set off almost universal condemnation among public health experts and advocates, who warned that halting U.S. funding for the global agency could compound whatever problems exist, particularly during a crisis. Trump suggested that the money the United States sent to WHO might go to other global health organizations, but experts say no other group has the scope and relationships that WHO does.
In uncharacteristically barbed (and identical) tweets, Bill and Melinda Gates warned that “halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds. Their work is slowing the spread of Covid-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them.”
https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/15/cdc-director-who-strong-relationship/
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