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 agency staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await further guidance.” 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.”
  • ShdwdrgnOPEnglish
    121·
    3 days ago

    Really makes you wonder if Trump’s lack of response to COVID was intentional.

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
      10·
      3 days ago

      He expected it to decimate cities which are Democrats. But it ended up killing rural Republicans because they wouldn’t wear masks or stay home.

      • The Pantser@lemmy.world
        5·
        3 days ago

        They are gonna have a real hard time killing off the opposition. We are more educated and stubborn than they will ever be. But since Idiocracy is a documentary the educated are more prone to not procreate and the educated will slowly decline.

      • ShdwdrgnOPEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        He also thinks Blue states are going to wither away with a lack of disaster aid, but has overlooked the fact that the majority of Federal funding comes from those same states. He’s making enemies of every friendly nation and cutting trade agreements while trying to make Americans too sick and hungry to fight back. Does he think his billionaire buddies are going to fund him when the Blue states turn against him and nobody else in the world wants to buy US products any more?

  • PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world
    22·
    3 days ago

    Goddammit. This is one giant joke played on us all. Thanks, jerks. All them hyper rich fuckers are laughing their asses off.