WHO Funding Before Trump Cut Ties

The team at Openthebooks.com took a look at how much the U.S. taxpayers had been supplying the World Health Organization through the years. President Trump cut funding in late May due to the group’s failure on the SARS-Cov-2 response.

Annually the U.S. was the largest funder of the WHO and voluntarily sent the WHO roughly $2.9 billion more than their required contribution.

Asympomatic Coronavirus Confusion

WHO during first months of pandemic: SARS-CoV-2 spreads asympomatically from person-to-person contact.

WHO on June 8, 2020: “From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual.” (CNBC.com)

WHO on June 9, 2020: “that’s misunderstanding to state that asymptomatic transmission globally is very rare.” (CNBC.com)

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Meme of the Day

1,200 public health officials sign open letter stating public gatherings are OK regarding COVID-19 exposure if its to protest racism. (Google document)

(But still not at funerals for loved ones.)