First of two parts of “Who’s Responsible: The WHO, Internationalism, and the Coronavirus Pandemic”
(Ninth in a series of articles on the implications of the coronavirus for our times, for human history, and for the fate of the earth.)
The World Health Organization (WHO), which is today the face of international cooperation, or what remains of it, has kicked off yet another controversy as it seeks to lead the world out of the coronavirus pandemic. On June 5, nearly two to three months after public health authorities in most countries had directed people to start wearing masks, the WHO’s embattled Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced at a press conference that the organization recommended that people living in areas experiencing “widespread transmission” of COVID-19 adopt a face covering. That it took the WHO this long to issue such a note of guidance controverts the Continue reading
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