President Trump called the World Health Organization on the carpet Tuesday for its mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic in the most effective way he could: by cutting off U.S. funds until he finds out exactly what went wrong at the United Nations organization in January and February.
While the federal government has been appropriating trillions of borrowed dollars to deal with the massive economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, state and local governments have failed to deal adequately with their skyrocketing expenses and shrinking revenues.
With some signs that the “curve is flattening,” and growing concern about the impact of the epidemic on the economy, there is increasing pressure on President Trump and many governors to relax “stay-at-home” orders.
Americans can make miracles happen — thanks to their own determination, and to the tireless leadership of a president who’s assembled a team of experts to guide our response to the pandemic.
The WHO should shed its defiant rhetoric and return to its original mission as the early warning system for pandemics, epidemics, and health scares, where information is shared openly, completely, and without interpretive bias.
The coronavirus has left death and devastation in its wake. But as we've said since the beginning, this shutdown costs lives, too. Here's a plan to reopen America safely but soon.