“I am honored to announce that the United States will remain a member of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.),” Fauci said during remarks at a World Health Organization Executive Board meeting.
“I join my fellow representatives in thanking the World Health Organization for its role in leading the global public health response to this pandemic,” he said.
Fauci made no mention of the organization’s failures during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing China to lie and obfuscate the nature of the disease and its spread until it infected the world.
“China has total control over the World Health Organization despite only paying $40 million per year compared to what the United States has been paying, which is approximately $450 million a year,” Trump said in July 2020. The United States was scheduled to withdraw from the organization in July 2021.
China continues to block access from W.H.O. scientists sent to investigate the coronavirus.
During his speech, Fauci pointedly abandoned any mention of Trump’s “America First” rhetoric in favor of a “global response” to the pandemic.
“The Biden Administration also intends to be fully engaged in advancing global health, supporting global health security and the Global Health Security Agenda, and building a healthier future for all people,” he said.
COVAX subsidizes vaccination access for poorer countries.
Dr. Tedros thanked Fauci for restoring the American commitment to the W.H.O.
“We are all glad that the United States of America is staying in the family,” he wrote on Twitter with the hashtag #WeAreFamily:
