California Becomes First State To Join WHO Disease Network After US Exit (thehill.com)
- Reference: 0180646428
- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/23/2350246/california-becomes-first-state-to-join-who-disease-network-after-us-exit
- Source link: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5703447-who-gavin-newsom-california/
> This announcement comes just one day after the U.S.'s withdrawal from the WHO became official after nearly 80 years of membership, having been a founding member of the organization. "The Trump administration's withdrawal from WHO is a reckless decision that will hurt all Californians and Americans," [California Governor Gavin Newsom] [3]said in a statement. "California will not bear witness to the chaos this decision will bring. We will continue to foster partnerships across the globe and remain at the forefront of public health preparedness, including through our membership as the only state in WHO's Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network."
[1] https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5703447-who-gavin-newsom-california/
[2] https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/01/23/1226253/us-formally-withdraws-from-who
[3] https://x.com/CAgovernor/status/2014747723157971326
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For people who like federalism and those who support states rights and think the federal government has too much power, this is a good thing
Let's be clear (Score:1, Troll)
The WHO showed its value (or lack thereof) kowtowing HARD to Xi and China during the COVID outbreak, cheerfully parroting whatever narrative China wanted to promulgate.
This is even more ironic in the light that the US pays a grossly disproportional share of WHOs budget both in assessed and "voluntary" contributions - MULTIPLES of what China pays.
Sure, I think there should be a world health organization, but why should the US pay the lion's share?
It's funny how at the end of the day, all these organizations
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It's clear where you stand. Thanks for warning us.
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Its clear where you kneel. Thanks for showing us.
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Is this in-group signalling BS such a habit that you even have to do it online? What is your specific criticism of the comment?
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On the contrary, Ayn Rand can't even imagine a working economy in her fiction, let alone creating ideas that work in the real world.
Wow, that's a big one! Almost looks like a... (Score:2)
Really brought the COVID bots out swinging, for some reason...
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COVID bots took COVID shots.
Re: Wow, that's a big one! Almost looks like a... (Score:2)
The smart people took the shots. The pure blooded got sick or dead.
[1]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.go... [nih.gov]
Just facts.
[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41343214/
Re:Pepperidge Farm remembers... (Score:4, Insightful)
Remember also when America wasn't an authoritarian state run by conspiracy theory peddling psychopaths?
Careful! (Score:2)
They should be careful! Soon they have not only ICE and National Guard in the country, but a carrier - or two - in front of their coast!
states rights! (Score:2)
so what happens when the federalies get pisssy that california decided to join WHO on its own? will the “states rights” zealots defend this? my guess is no, they won’t. i wonder why.
This is Predictable (Score:1)
It's not so much that they care anything about WHO (other than their mandates, which somehow Gavin was immune to) but it's simply because it's a way to "own Trump".
Okay....you do you.
Ferret
Good (Score:2)
Hopefully others will rejoin too. It is such a dumb decision to leave.
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We want to build a wall so that people stop dying of thirst and exhaustion trying to make the trek through the back country. We want to build a wall so that human traffickers no longer take advantage of people trying to make a better life for themselves by crossing the border packed tight in a tractor trailer.
People crossing into our country from Mexico and other hellhole countries should be welcomed with food and other comfort amenities, and brought in safely through controlled and monitored ports of ent
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> Why don't the 49 other states just leave D.C. and join the Republic of California?
Because those other states are busy taking in refugees from California.
Re: Good (Score:2)
I've heard of a fat Nazi who got rich on California's subsidies, but decided he should not pay taxes, so he chose a disease-ridden shit hole to escape to.
Who else is running and where to?