US to withdraw from World Health Organization
President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), sparking celebratory reactions on social media.
Trump initiated a withdrawal from the WHO in 2020, but Joe Biden reversed the process and intensified US participation in the globalist organization. The US has been the single largest contributor to the WHO, far more than countries like China whose population is 300% larger than the US but contributes 90% less.
In an executive order he signed shortly after his inauguration on Monday, Trump noted these facts and re-initiated the withdrawal process.
“The United States noticed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2020 due to the organization’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states,” stated the executive order. “In addition, the WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the United States, far out of proportion with other countries’ assessed payments.”
The EO revoked Biden’s actions in January 2021 that reaffirmed US membership in the WHO. It also ordered the Secretary of State and the director of the Office of Management and Budget to halt funding to the WHO, recall any federal employees working with the WHO, and find other partners to replace the WHO on relevant projects.
In addition to pulling out of the organization, the EO also orders the Secretary of State to withdraw from negotiations on the WHO’s Pandemic Agreement and International Health Regulations.
The pandemic agreement
For over two years, the WHO has been making desperate attempts to ratify a “pandemic agreement” that would grant Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus singular power to declare pandemics for countries around the world. Ghebreyesus could announce a pandemic at any time and for any reason, such as a virus, a social condition like loneliness, or a phenomenon like “climate change.”
Once a pandemic is declared, countries would be forced to transform into biosecurity states. Governments would be bound to respond to the “emergency” with such measures as censoring “misinformation” and cracking down on taxpayers who are non-compliant with public health measures. To that end, the WHO has partnered with the European Union to develop a global vaccine passport to “facilitate global mobility and protect citizens across the world.”
Despite the Biden administration’s strong support for a pandemic accord, the agreement has hit a significant snag. Negotiations for a final draft of the treaty have stalled, frustrating WHO officials who had hoped it would be signed at the World Health Assembly in May. Now, without the WHO’s largest financial supporter, treaty negotiations may stall indefinitely.
One Health
A WHO withdrawal also signals a departure from the WHO’s One Health approach, which views climate change as the driving factor behind public health. Warmer climates, for example, can fuel tick infestations which can bring with them deadly diseases like Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF). Changing weather patterns are alleged to spread bird flu.
Therefore, One Health prioritizes climate change over human health in some regard. If the climate is the chief determinant of the health of all living things, all sacrifices for the climate can theoretically be justified. A zoonotic disease outbreak could open the door for climate mandates like lockdowns and forced vaccinations to "stop the spread."
One Health has been endorsed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and has already made its way into US legislation. In December 2022, Congress quietly passed the Advancing Emergency Preparedness Through One Health Act (HR 2061/S 681) which commissions the establishment of a One Health program in the U.S. The heads of federal agencies such as the CDC, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Homeland Security(DHS), Department of Defense (DoD), and others have joined to create the One Health Coordination Unit (OHCU), which aims to advance the One Health agenda.
