The endless search for a scapegoat continues unabated.

[OldLady]

The WHO DOWNPLAYED the spreading epidemic as late as March 6th, 2020

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, JANUARY 23, 2020:
Spread of the new coronavirus that originated in China has not yet reached a level that would deem it a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The virus has sickened more than 600 people, and 25 have died.

“Now is not the time. It’s too early to consider that this event is a public health emergency of international concern,” Didier Houssin, chair of the WHO emergency committee, said during a news conference from Geneva.

Houssin said the decision is based on the limited number of cases worldwide, as well as efforts in China to try to contain the disease.

(Evidence shows China had been lying to the world , refusing to share time-sensitive information, and attempting to keep the world form knowing about THEIR outbreak. If they were trying to contain it they would have stopped international flights in NOV 2019)

“Make no mistake, this is an emergency in China,” said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “But it is not yet a global health emergency.”


Evidence shows China became aware of the seriousness of their COVID-19 outbreak in Huwan, China as early as November 2019 but took no action to shut down international flights directly from Huwan to other countries....like Italy, France, and the US. Doing so would have been a major 'red flag' to the world how serious of an epidemic was going on in China. By hiding the outbreak and refusing to stop international travel China knowingly facilitated the spread of COVID-19 and it becoming a global pandemic.

China's refusal to allow the CDC into China should also have been a 'red flag'.


2 WEEKS LATER (AFTER ITS 23 JANUARY '20 STATEMENT), THE WHO URGED OTHER NATIONS NOT TO CLOSE ITS BORDERS AND PREVENT TRAVEL FROM CHINA AND OTHER NATIONS THE VIRUS WAS SPREAD TO BY CHINA:

Borders should be kept open and people and trade flowing in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, although countries have a sovereign right to take measures to try to protect their citizens, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. There is a “huge reason to keep official border crossings open” to avoid people entering irregularly and going unchecked for symptoms, WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told a Geneva briefing.

The WHO was not only urging nations to keep their borders open but were also expressing the need for countries to check all foreigners entering their countries for symptoms....acknowledging the virus was spreading internationally.

FLASHBACK: World Health Organization Downplayed COVID-19 Risk At First, Urged Open Borders

Now that the coronavirus has officially been declared a pandemic, let’s revisit the World Health Organization’s initial response to the virus. They initially downplayed the threat and told everyone it wasn’t much to worry about, that it was only a China issue. Ironic, because it’s now considered...

www.thegatewaypundit.com

Your typical blatant lying posts. You talk about WHO misleading the public up to March 6 and then give statements from January 23 and 2 weeks later, which is the beginning of February, not March 6. But I'm done talking to you, it's useless talking to anyone who intentionally builds misrepresentation into every post.

 

[OldLady]

It appears the Party of Trump is falling in line with the idea the WHO is going to be the target of a coordinated smear campaign.

"Sen. Todd Young is calling on World Health Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to appear before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee to answer questions about the organization’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The WHO in recent days has faced heated criticism from Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump, who argue the organization did not do enough to scrutinize China’s response to the outbreak."

Maybe we're too broke to pay our bill this year?

 

[sartre play]

Looks like everyone from top to bottom made mistakes, none willing to admit it. none willing to step aside & let the medical community call the shots, every one wants face time. cant even trust the medical because they have to play the political games to get us the help we need.

 

[easyt65]

That sure applies to Trump and his supporters. WHO and China are to blame for EVERYTHING. Scientists and researchers around the world, along with the national and state CDC's are focusing on the problem and dealing with their hand.

Now YOU are being RIDICULOUS, which snowflakes / people have to be at times in order to attack the President and his supporters.

No one said China and the WHO are to blame for 'EVERYTHING'.

I am sorry you and others are upset that China has been called out for:
- Knowing how bad their epidemic was as early as Nov 2019 yet hiding it from the world...and refusing to shut down international travel to REALLY try to contain it.

- For reusing to share time-critical information in a timely manner

- For refusing to allow the CDC in to appraise the situation and help

The FACT is China could have helped contain this virus, minimize the devastating effects on the world, and saved lives but CHOSE not to.

I am sorry you and others are upset to be reminded / find out that the WHO knew much more than they shared and as of 23 January refused to call COVID-19 a global threat, declaring it could not be spread through touch, and was telling countries NOT to institute travel bans and close borders ... waiting until weeks later to finally declare a Global EMERGENCY.

The entire world looks to the WHO to be objective and to do its job, which is to keep the world safe. If there is evidence to show they can not or will not do so, then it is the President's obligation to investigate and take actions to protect this country if / when others won't. It is only partisanship that prevents many from understanding this


If, in the middle of a crisis, those with 'an axe to grind', political or otherwise, want to focus on who to blame instead of being part of the solution then there is plenty of petty blame and finger pointing to go around:

After N1H1 the Obama administration failed to replenish the supplies used and needed for future global pandemics. In fact [, he ignored 3 reports advising him to do so.
-- It is what it is, and we had to deal with it.

Cuomo ignored the CDC's recommendation in 2015 to buy 2,000 ventilator beds needed for future pandemics / emergencies and ended up having to ask for more.
- Again, it was what it was. You don't finger-point in an emergency. You identify a need and fill it, which has been happening.

President Trump imposed a travel ban the Democrats opposed...and now they admit it was a good idea.....but criticize the President for not doing sooner what they opposed.

One moronic snowflake even wants to blame the President for Chinese citizens from entering the US AFTER he imposed his travel ban...as if he was supposed to be at every airport checking passports himself.

Good gosh....

And you statement that this administration is blaming the WHO, China, or anyone else for 'EVERYTHING' is just another ridiculous overblown exaggeration.

.

 

[easyt65]

Looks like everyone from top to bottom made mistakes, none willing to admit it. none willing to step aside & let the medical community call the shots, every one wants face time. cant even trust the medical because they have to play the political games to get us the help we need.

I wish we could still give 'stars' for great posts...and could control the number of stars we could give. I would have given yours at least 10.

 

[easyt65]

Your typical blatant lying posts. You talk about WHO misleading the public up to March 6 and then give statements from January 23 and 2 weeks later, which is the beginning of February, not March 6. But I'm done talking to you, it's useless talking to anyone who intentionally builds misrepresentation into every post.

Thank you for calling out the correction regarding the date of 'March 6'. I sincerely hosed that one on accident - not a lie. I apologize. I own up to my mistakes - The author stated approx. 2 weeks after 23 Jan was when the WHO made its next critical statement. Adding 2 weeks to 23 Jan would have made it the 1st week in FEBRUARY, not March. Again, thank you for pointing out my egregious error.

 

[berg80]

That sure applies to Trump and his supporters. WHO and China are to blame for EVERYTHING. Scientists and researchers around the world, along with the national and state CDC's are focusing on the problem and dealing with their hand.

Now YOU are being RIDICULOUS, which snowflakes / people have to be at times in order to attack the President and his supporters.

No one said China and the WHO are to blame for 'EVERYTHING'.

I am sorry you and others are upset that China has been called out for:
- Knowing how bad their epidemic was as early as Nov 2019 yet hiding it from the world...and refusing to shut down international travel to REALLY try to contain it.

- For reusing to share time-critical information in a timely manner

- For refusing to allow the CDC in to appraise the situation and help

The FACT is China could have helped contain this virus, minimize the devastating effects on the world, and saved lives but CHOSE not to.

I am sorry you and others are upset to be reminded / find out that the WHO knew much more than they shared and as of 23 January refused to call COVID-19 a global threat, declaring it could not be spread through touch, and was telling countries NOT to institute travel bans and close borders ... waiting until weeks later to finally declare a Global EMERGENCY.

The entire world looks to the WHO to be objective and to do its job, which is to keep the world safe. If there is evidence to show they can not or will not do so, then it is the President's obligation to investigate and take actions to protect this country if / when others won't. It is only partisanship that prevents many from understanding this


If, in the middle of a crisis, those with 'an axe to grind', political or otherwise, want to focus on who to blame instead of being part of the solution then there is plenty of petty blame and finger pointing to go around:

After N1H1 the Obama administration failed to replenish the supplies used and needed for future global pandemics. In fact [, he ignored 3 reports advising him to do so.
-- It is what it is, and we had to deal with it.

Cuomo ignored the CDC's recommendation in 2015 to buy 2,000 ventilator beds needed for future pandemics / emergencies and ended up having to ask for more.
- Again, it was what it was. You don't finger-point in an emergency. You identify a need and fill it, which has been happening.

President Trump imposed a travel ban the Democrats opposed...and now they admit it was a good idea.....but criticize the President for not doing sooner what they opposed.

One moronic snowflake even wants to blame the President for Chinese citizens from entering the US AFTER he imposed his travel ban...as if he was supposed to be at every airport checking passports himself.

Good gosh....

And you statement that this administration is blaming the WHO, China, or anyone else for 'EVERYTHING' is just another ridiculous overblown exaggeration.

.

I just read through your screed looking for an admission that the Trump admin is guilty of many of the same things you, and Trump, attacked the WHO for. I didn't find one. Why?

Because it appears the Party of Trump is falling in line with the idea the WHO is going to be the target of a coordinated smear campaign. Why?

Because there is ample documentary as well as audio/visual proof of Trump's inept, uncoordinated response. All designed to bolster his re-election chances by not doing damage to the economy.

The coordinated effort to place blame on the WHO, thereby deflecting accountability away from Trump, has begun in earnest.

Pence Claims Trump Took COVID-19 Threat More Seriously Than World Health Org

In a clear effort to give cover to President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday night accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of mishandling the COVID-19 epidemic when it first…

talkingpointsmemo.com

Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee calls for WHO chief to testify

“I’ve been ... outraged by the responsiveness and the performance of the World Health Organization," Sen. Todd Young says.

www.politico.com

Trump blames WHO for getting coronavirus pandemic wrong, threatens to withhold funding

"They really called, I would say, every aspect of it wrong," Trump said of the World Health Organization on Tuesday.

www.cnbc.com

The scapegoat has been selected.

 

[berg80]

No one disputes China is unequivocally guilty of withholding info about the severity of the outbreak there. Is it fair to criticize the WHO for being too trusting of China and of being late to declare an international pandemic? Yes.

Do either of those two statements take the Trump admin off the hook for their own failures? No.

Is that what Trump is trying to do by directing attention on the WHO's failings? Yes.

 

[easyt65]

That sure applies to Trump and his supporters. WHO and China are to blame for EVERYTHING. Scientists and researchers around the world, along with the national and state CDC's are focusing on the problem and dealing with their hand.

Now YOU are being RIDICULOUS, which snowflakes / people have to be at times in order to attack the President and his supporters.

No one said China and the WHO are to blame for 'EVERYTHING'.

I am sorry you and others are upset that China has been called out for:
- Knowing how bad their epidemic was as early as Nov 2019 yet hiding it from the world...and refusing to shut down international travel to REALLY try to contain it.

- For reusing to share time-critical information in a timely manner

- For refusing to allow the CDC in to appraise the situation and help

The FACT is China could have helped contain this virus, minimize the devastating effects on the world, and saved lives but CHOSE not to.

I am sorry you and others are upset to be reminded / find out that the WHO knew much more than they shared and as of 23 January refused to call COVID-19 a global threat, declaring it could not be spread through touch, and was telling countries NOT to institute travel bans and close borders ... waiting until weeks later to finally declare a Global EMERGENCY.

The entire world looks to the WHO to be objective and to do its job, which is to keep the world safe. If there is evidence to show they can not or will not do so, then it is the President's obligation to investigate and take actions to protect this country if / when others won't. It is only partisanship that prevents many from understanding this


If, in the middle of a crisis, those with 'an axe to grind', political or otherwise, want to focus on who to blame instead of being part of the solution then there is plenty of petty blame and finger pointing to go around:

After N1H1 the Obama administration failed to replenish the supplies used and needed for future global pandemics. In fact [, he ignored 3 reports advising him to do so.
-- It is what it is, and we had to deal with it.

Cuomo ignored the CDC's recommendation in 2015 to buy 2,000 ventilator beds needed for future pandemics / emergencies and ended up having to ask for more.
- Again, it was what it was. You don't finger-point in an emergency. You identify a need and fill it, which has been happening.

President Trump imposed a travel ban the Democrats opposed...and now they admit it was a good idea.....but criticize the President for not doing sooner what they opposed.

One moronic snowflake even wants to blame the President for Chinese citizens from entering the US AFTER he imposed his travel ban...as if he was supposed to be at every airport checking passports himself.

Good gosh....

And you statement that this administration is blaming the WHO, China, or anyone else for 'EVERYTHING' is just another ridiculous overblown exaggeration.

.

I just read through your screed looking for an admission that the Trump admin is guilty of many of the same things you, and Trump, attacked the WHO for. I didn't find one. Why?

Because it appears the Party of Trump is falling in line with the idea the WHO is going to be the target of a coordinated smear campaign. Why?

Because there is ample documentary as well as audio/visual proof of Trump's inept, uncoordinated response. All designed to bolster his re-election chances by not doing damage to the economy.

The coordinated effort to place blame on the WHO, thereby deflecting accountability away from Trump, has begun in earnest.

Pence Claims Trump Took COVID-19 Threat More Seriously Than World Health Org

In a clear effort to give cover to President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday night accused the World Health Organization (WHO) of mishandling the COVID-19 epidemic when it first…

talkingpointsmemo.com

Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee calls for WHO chief to testify

“I’ve been ... outraged by the responsiveness and the performance of the World Health Organization," Sen. Todd Young says.

www.politico.com

Trump blames WHO for getting coronavirus pandemic wrong, threatens to withhold funding

"They really called, I would say, every aspect of it wrong," Trump said of the World Health Organization on Tuesday.

www.cnbc.com

The scapegoat has been selected.

As I sad much earlier, only losers and those with 'an axe to grind' - especially during an election year in an election they know they have no hope of winning - desperately seek to find 'scapegoats'. Winners address the problems, identify the needs, and work for solutions, which is what this administration is doing.

Democrats, who condemned the President for and opposed the earlier actions he took to protect the country, actions they now admit were the right things to do...and have called him to do AFTEWR he has already done them....are trying to cause a smokescreen - make the President a scapegoat - in hopes that everyone will forget how wrong they were from the very start of this.

From opposing the Travel Ban to holding up the relief package for hard-hit Americans so they could pack funding for abortions and their Socialist Green New Deal (which had nothing to do with COVID-19) into it, the Democrats have proven there isn't hardly 1 thing they have done yet with the American people, not themselves, 1st and foremost in their minds / as their motivation.

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[easyt65]

No one disputes China is unequivocally guilty of withholding info about the severity of the outbreak there. Is it fair to criticize the WHO for being too trusting of China and of being late to declare an international pandemic? Yes.

Do either of those two statements take the Trump admin off the hook for their own failures? No.

No one has said others' failures lets this administration 'off the hook' for any bad choices / mistakes made. The only one making that false claim so you can attack him for it has been you snowflakes.

Is that what Trump is trying to do by directing attention on the WHO's failings? Yes.

Would ANYONE expect from you any other opinion on the matter but the one you have given?

No. Your intense hatred dictates that every view, every opinion, every declaration about this President be negative, accusatory, and hate-driven.

SSDD!

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Much like D politicians who do nothing for the American people

Prove it.

"Shovel ready jobs". Is that enough proof?

 

[easyt65]

"Shovel ready jobs". Is that enough proof?

Damn.....just DAMN!

 

[berg80]

As I sad much earlier, only losers and those with 'an axe to grind' - especially during an election year in an election they know they have no hope of winning - desperately seek to find 'scapegoats'. Winners address the problems, identify the needs, and work for solutions, which is what this administration is doing.

And yet even as you wrote that naive assessment the admin, along with its congressional and media acolytes, is ramping up its efforts to scapegoat the WHO.

The demonstrable evidence of the Trump admin's failures are ample and overwhelming. If they weren't Team Trump would not be spending time on smearing the WHO.

"Winners address the problems" Winners address the problems when it becomes clear they need to be addressed. That happened in Jan. Way before the admin did anything to indicate they took the threat they were being warned about seriously.

 

[berg80]

Much like D politicians who do nothing for the American people

Prove it.

"Shovel ready jobs". Is that enough proof?

Had the Repubs not sabotaged the response to the Bush recession, instead focusing on the deficit..........something they have completely ignored since Trump was elected...........the recovery would have happened faster.

 

[Flash]

God bless Trump for understanding that WHO is just another propaganda tool of the filthy ass Third World shitheads.

We need to be spending our money helping Americans devastated by the economic problems of the Pandemic, not giving it to an organization that is a mouthpiece of Communist China.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Much like D politicians who do nothing for the American people

Prove it.

"Shovel ready jobs". Is that enough proof?

Had the Repubs not sabotaged the response to the Bush recession, instead focusing on the deficit..........something they have completely ignored since Trump was elected...........the recovery would have happened faster.

You're right. If only they would have let Obama Quadruple the deficit his economic policy would have been a raging success instead of the abysmal failure it was.

Paul Krugman was unavailable for comment.

 

[berg80]

Deflecting justified criticism away from himself isn't the Biogot-in-Chief's only motivation for going after the WHO.

Trump Attacks W.H.O. Over Criticisms of U.S. Approach to Coronavirus
In effect, the president sought to blame the group for the very missteps and failures that have been leveled at him and his administration.

Trump Attacks W.H.O. Over Criticisms of U.S. Approach to Coronavirus (Published 2020)

In effect, the president sought to blame the group for the very missteps and failures that have been leveled at him and his administration.

www.nytimes.com

WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out on Tuesday at the World Health Organization, choosing a new political enemy to attack and threatening to withhold funding from a premier health institution even as a deadly virus ravages nations around the globe.

“We’re going to put a hold on money spent to the W.H.O. We’re going to put a very powerful hold on it and we’re going to see,” Mr. Trump said during the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House, accusing the organization of having not been aggressive enough in confronting the virus. “They called it wrong. They call it wrong. They really, they missed the call.”

In effect, Mr. Trump sought to denounce the W.H.O. for the very missteps and failures that have been leveled at him and his administration. Public health experts have said the president’s public denials of the virus’s dangers slowed the American response, which included delayed testing and a failure to stockpile protective gear.

 

[berg80]

God bless Trump for understanding that WHO is just another propaganda tool of the filthy ass Third World shitheads.

We need to be spending our money helping Americans devastated by the economic problems of the Pandemic, not giving it to an organization that is a mouthpiece of Communist China.

I see you are taking the indoctrination to the new talking points quite seriously.

 

[easyt65]

"Winners address the problems" Winners address the problems when it becomes clear they need to be addressed. That happened in Jan. Way before the admin did anything to indicate they took the threat they were being warned about seriously.

And where were the Democrats while the Trump administration was already engaged doing 'nothing' (a repeated debunked lie)?

Pushing a coup attempt consisting of zero crime, zero evidence, and zero witnesses, an attempt they knew had zero chance of success....

NOT holding 1 single House Intel or otherwise Committee Hearing to address the growing pandemic in China

Telling constituents COVID-19 posed no threat to their everyday life, telling them to continue to herd in large numbers, telling them to ride the subway, come to China Town, and ignore what was going on...

Opposing the President's Travel Ban and calling him a Xenophobe for doing so


According to Democrats / snowflakes, Democrats are the only ones who can sit on their ass, engage in Party-1st destructive / divisive wastes of time and tax payer dollars, give horrific advice that actually puts Americans in jeopardy during an emergency / crisis and NOT be condemned for doing so.

If anyone needed / needs a scapegoat for preventing being held accountable for their criminal partisanship, negligence, and failure to act appropriately, it is the Democrats, lil' snowflake.

Bwuhahahahahaha......


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[berg80]

And where were the Democrats while the Trump administration was already engaged doing 'nothing' (a repeated debunked lie)?

No one has debunked the assertion that Trump's response was ineffectual, inadequate, uncoordinated, late, and in some respects harmful............by downplaying the risk of exposure to the virus.

David Frum: This is Trump’s Fault — Smerconish

www.smerconish.com