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Re:Now Monkeypox by hammock on Monday May 23, 2022 @03:22PM (#31483761)
>What is the “power” here? Does the power to declare things itself result in consequences?

Great question, and no it doesn't. Part of the UN's push[1] around this treaty is ensuring that it actually has teeth and isn't just hot air. For example, it recommends the involvement of World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization and International Labour Organization in the negotiations, and suggests the treaty offer financial incentives for the early reporting of health emergencies:

>In case of a declared health emergency, resources need to flow to countries in which the emergency is occurring, triggering response elements such as financing and technical support. These are especially relevant for LMICs, and could be used to encourage and enhance the timely sharing of information by states, reassuring them that they will not be subject to arbitrary trade and travel sanctions for reporting, but instead be provided with the necessary financial and technical resources they require to effectively respond to the outbreak.

The UN also raises the question of countries being punished for non-compliance:

>[The treaty should possess] An adaptable incentive regime, [including] sanctions such as public reprimands, economic sanctions, or denial of benefits.

In other words, if you report disease outbreaks in a timely manner, you will get financial resources to deal with them. If you DON'T report disease outbreaks, or don’t follow the WHO’s directions, you will lose out on international aid and face trade embargoes and sanctions.

These proposed rules would incentivize reporting possible disease outbreaks. Some would suggest they actively encourage outbreaks.

[1]https://theindependentpanel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/C...

Re:Now Monkeypox by petre on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @12:15AM (#31487918)
This is probably in response to the CCP attempts to cover up the covid epidemic in Wuhan and to misreport cases and deaths.

Although I fail to see how the Xi era China would allow a WHO team investigate in a timely manner, after they placed the covid investigators in a two week quarantine more than a year after the event occured and they had plenty of time to further cover things up.