The WHO is seeking a new treaty on handling future pandemics

Re:The WHO is seeking a new treaty on handling future pandemics by disambiguation on Monday November 29, 2021 @11:54AM (#29382079)

i can't answer it because it made me ask more questions:

- what is their mission?

- how are they funded?

- how are they staffed?

- what is their scope?

- what happens if you don't comply?

- how do they measure success?

- what meaningful actions have they taken during the pandemic and in the past that has made the world a better place than if they didn't exist at all?

In general I understand the case for the "one world health" approach, but my anti-authoritarian instinct is wary of building global governing institutions that bypass democratic representation.

I also want to point out to the people that complain about the Chinese influence .. it's disingenuous to ignore that the WHO was conceived as an extension of USA global influence, and has operated that way for decades. No one sounds that alarm as long as its "their guy" in charge.

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Re:The WHO is seeking a new treaty on handling future pandemics by prohobo on Monday November 29, 2021 @05:13PM (#29385966)

I can at least provide theoretical clarity on "what happens if you don't comply" for less powerful nations: The WHO has been working with the IMF throughout the pandemic, distributing loans to countries that follow the WHO's Covid policies. So, any nation state in economic trouble must implement the policies to receive loans/funding.

This was famously made public by the Belarusian president in September:

> In this news, Lukashenko did not state that the IMF offered him a bribe. He only explained that, as a condition of providing Covid-19 emergency funds, the IMF demanded the implementation of quarantine, isolation, and curfews.

That quote is from a fact check trying to debunk conspiracy theories about the IMF: https://cekfakta.tempo.co/fakta/1008/fakta-atau-hoaks-benark...

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Re:The WHO is seeking a new treaty on handling future pandemics by alexvoda on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @10:53AM (#29393464)

Wow, we reached the point where Lukashenkos word is used as an argument. I never imagined this on HN.

I believe it is entirely reasonable to condition pandemic funds on taking actions against the pandemic.

Also I believe there are many reasons to deny foreign funds to the Belarus of today.

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Re:The WHO is seeking a new treaty on handling future pandemics by prohobo on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @03:53PM (#29397325)

The IMF didn't deny this happened. It's pretty clear that he was saying the truth about this, unless you think all bad people behave like Bond villains. Also, you'd have to assume that no other nation state has spoken about this.

You think it's okay for NGOs to create a catastrophic economic situation causing many nation's markets to become dependent on relief funding, then having said NGOs put agenda focused conditions on the relief they provide? You don't see this as a common strategy of extortion?

I feel like you'd rationalize business "security" provided by the mafia as something good if saying otherwise conflicted with your worldview in some way. Next you'll buy into a Ponzi scheme and start extolling the virtues of pyramidal finance structures.

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Re:The WHO is seeking a new treaty on handling future pandemics by alexvoda on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @08:52PM (#29411578)

Why do I even bother replying? I don't know.

Thank you for the mind reading, the fortune telling, the portrait you have drawn. Your clairvoyance knows no limmits. Should I expect a biography next?

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