Opinion: Trump’s cuts to WHO funding: irresponsible, irrational, and simply wrong
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us that an infectious disease outbreak in one corner of the world can, in a world closely linked by international travel and interconnected economies, quickly become a threat to everyone. In the last 100 days, countries around the globe have worked at unprecedented speeds to try to protect their citizens and stop the spread of this cruel virus.
But until the last country controls its piece of the pandemic, American lives will continue to be at risk. UN Secretary General António Guterres put it best when he wrote, “We are only as strong as the weakest health systems.”
