OT Coronavirus: America in chaos, News and Updates. One million Americans dead and counting

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  1. Hoopguru

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    Every corporation, organization or government have “policies.” If you like, you can look at the “Articles of Incorporation and bylaws” of corporate documents.
     
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    Are you referencing the tariffs that ultimately end up hurting the American consumer?
     
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    That stands to reason for corporations who need to show a profit for their share holders, but again, the WHO doesn't "play politics."...why would they ?

    And the WHO is not a corporation, they are instead a specialized agency.
     
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    Yep, the same tariffs that forced China to come to the table and negotiate the first trade deal. Maybe they follow through with that deal, maybe not. The tariffs still haven’t been lifted until phase 2 is reached.

    I mean we are currently trillions in the hole right now with this pandemic. A lot of our supply chain problems happened while the US was shut down with a lot of commerce between US and China. They even threatened to stop sending us valuable medication sometime in February.
     
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    I mean, I guess we can do a quick google search and ask them.

    Here is one of their “policies”

    https://www.who.int/topics/health_policy/en/
     
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  10. Chris Craig

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    The Chinese agreed to small concessions that will actually benefit them some even in the short term. In the long term China wins that deal. Trump got his face value with a deal, but he didn't win anything. He hurt American consumers.
     
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    I think even Trump supporters knew he was full of shit regarding that. Even I tried searching for any possible reasoning and couldn’t find any supporting data.
    I did find a major overreach with emergency powers that scared the shit out of me though.
     
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    Donald Trump abandons fantasy that he calls the shots and says individual governors will decide on when to reopen economy - claiming some will get going BEFORE May 1
    • President Trump abandoned his push for 'total authority' to reopen the country
    • Said he would leave the decision in the hands of the individual governors
    • 'The governors are going to be running their individual states,' Trump said
    • Earlier Trump called any governor who resisted his 'total authority' a mutineer
    • President threatened to withhold coronavirus aid
    • 'A good old fashioned mutiny every now and then is an exciting and invigorating thing to watch, especially when the mutineers need so much from the Captain'
    • Trump tweet came after Andrew Cuomo called him 'schizophrenic' for claiming he has 'total authority' over the states to reopen the United States
    • 'It makes no sense. It is schizophrenic,' Cuomo told CNN
    • New York governor said he would refuse an order from Trump to reopen his state and said he would take the matter to the courts to decide
    • 'We would have a constitutional challenge between the state and the federal government and that would go into the courts,' Cuomo said
    • In a heated press conference inside the White House on Monday evening, Trump asserted that his office holds 'absolute power' over the states
    • 'The president of the United States calls the shots,' Trump said
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...dividual-governors-decide-reopen-economy.html
     
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    Not sure I agree with that.

    the world leaders really dropped the ball with China. And I’m not talking Obama only. This dates back to the early 90s and multi-national leaders. They should of never allowed a “Bad Actor” the ability to be the second largest economy.
     
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    China's economy will only grow after this. They are a highly innovation led economy. Concessions like tightening property rights only helps them. They can keep their innovations secret and open up their economy to foriegn investment without worry.

    So what, Trump got them to buy more us goods and to pay some tariffs. He is thinking short term, what he thinks will make him look good now. China is focused on the long game.
     
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    What is one rationale reason for ending funding to the WHO now? This is just petty politics.

    He needs to place the blame on someone and found a random reason to blame the WHO, and cutting funding is his punishment. All he cares about are optics. Remember the impeachment? He only wanted an interview on CNN about the investigation-- not the actual investigation.

    Kick his ass out now.
     
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    I don’t know. Let’s ask CNN

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/14/asia/coronavirus-who-china-intl-hnk/index.html
     
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    Or maybe this?

    https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cold...outbreak-global-health-emergency-who-n1121171

    “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.

    “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.”
     
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    I fully support Trump defunding WHO if the USA is prepared to step in and supply medical equipment, quidence, and personnel to areas of the world that are in need and can not provide it for themselves.
     
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    I don’t know. I mean of course W.H.O. Is strong against China. I mean look!
     
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