If Billy Boy doesn’t like Trump defunding WHO, he can pull out his checkbook and write a $500 million check.
President Trump announced Tuesday, at yet another contentious White House briefing, that the U.S. would suspend funding to the World Health Organization, citing the group’s role in “severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus.”
While his supporters backed the move, Microsoft MSFT, -1.60% co-founder Bill Gates clearly didn’t, and he let his feelings be known on Twitter TWTR, -3.83% :
“Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds,” the billionaire wrote. “Their work is slowing the spread of COVID-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them. The world needs @WHO now more than ever.”
Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds. Their work is slowing the spread of COVID-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them. The world needs @WHO now more than ever.
— Bill Gates (@BillGates) April 15, 2020
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged up to $100 million to help contain the coronavirus just a week after the WHO declared the outbreak a global public health emergency at the end of January. The outbreak was declared a pandemic on March 11. A chunk of the foundation’s donation went to both the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Gates has been vocal in recent weeks about the need for stricter social-distancing measures. Late in March, he made his case in an op-ed for the Washington Post.
“Despite urging from public health experts, some states and counties haven’t shut down completely,” he said. “In some states, beaches are still open; in others, restaurants still serve sit-down meals. This is a recipe for disaster. Because people can travel freely across state lines, so can the virus.”
As for the WHO, Trump blamed the group for failing to get experts in China to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out the country’s lack of transparency. “The outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death,” he said at the briefing.
Last week, the WHO director-general responded to prior critiques from the president.
“If you don’t want many more body bags, then you refrain from politicizing it,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement. My short message is: Please quarantine politicizing COVID. The unity of your country will be very important to defeat this dangerous virus.”
Gates isn’t the only one airing concerns over the president’s move to pull the financing.
“During the worst public health crisis in a century, halting funding to the World Health Organization is a dangerous step in the wrong direction that will not make defeating COVID-19 easier,” American Medical Association President Patrice Harris said in a statement cited by CNN.
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Yet more unqualified drivel from Gates. “No one” can replace them? Are you kidding me? So if the WHO shuts down the entire world will just cease being able to deal with illness? What a crock of shit.
Hey Bill, fuck off. No one cares what you think.
a world-wide organization to deal with modern disease threats is of course necessary. the real is whether the present WHO is in fact accomplishing that task.
I personally think the odds are better that they are abetting disease rather than preventing it.
“abetting disease rather than preventing”
very likely someone has eyed who specifically for such a purpose. but I’m sure most of the people in it are in fact competent health professionals who follow the hippocratic oath. should try to solve problems rather than hammer everything that has a problem.
Dude. Fuck off. Seriously. Fuck off.
dude. just skip my posts. seriously.
ESAD Bill Gates……Gates should be imprisoned immediately. Trump’s record on locking people up is not good so who will save humanity?
#gitmobound #gitmoisstaffedandready
Trump busting his opposition during the first three years of his term was highly unlikely, so it’s soon or never. November beckons.
Who cares what Gates thinks? Just because he is wealthy doesn’t afford him the franchise on knowledge.
No, gates has no franchise on knowledge. However, his wealth does give him a big leg up on power and that is what gets gates off.
No caps on his name simply expresses my contempt for the man.
Gates is the Third World’s Death Angel and needs to “hang” himself. Fauci (who admires Harpy), the MSM and Macron reject quinine treatment (99% effective) but want ventilators (10% effective) and vaccines; they also say the Chinese Bat Virus Bio-weapon CV-19 is natural, as does our Four Star Chief of the JCS (Milley). Rev Bishop Glenn opened his churches doors wide and said God protects Christians, but he just died of CV-19. Half the voters support Uncle Joe. The I think God is letting US Stew in Stupid leaders (that’s what Liberal Kakistocracies do).
No argument on your last sentence.
The bill gates of hell.
dear bill, we are waiting for you, we have a pole picked out, and some nice thick hemp rope, ready for you to swing from.
The WHO head Tedros is a world class piece of shit and if Bill & Melinda like to support his efforts they better realize they too are starting to smell like shit !
Starting? More like reeking!
Did anyone notice the Microsoft VR as that was published on Good Friday, which featured Maria Abromovic?
Taken down the next day because of the viral vitriolic comments (against Gates) on ALL social platforms. A big mistake.
From 1993-2011 we suffered every problem possible with whatever PC system (mostly Dell) I bought for my business. Threw up my hands one day, went to an Apple Store. Had no idea you had to have a Genius bar appt. I said oh well, I’ll go to the other store in Charlotte. They were happy to see me. And no more $$$ to Mr Gates again. Although Apple ain’t much better as far as wokesterism goes.
I believe Gates intentionally designed crappy software that aged out every 2-3 yrs. I get free Mac softweare updates almost every week.
Mac is a whole different world than the junk Windows machines.
I have been running Linux for over 20 years now. Not a windows machine in this house. Feel sorry for those folks who have not figured it out. Started with Opensuse 7.2 a LONG time ago.
The one that contributes the least, bitches the loudest. – Doc Pangloss
…4But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked, 5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” 6Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.…
Most of America has a problem with Gates, so fuck him.
GD right. Won’t hesitate to “invest” a billion dollars on surveillance satellites so that .govs can spy on the entire world; pushes poison vaccines on the world and spends billions doing it to, you know, “thin the herd”; bought DOS from another programmer for a song and stole his “windows” from Mac . . . and he’s some kind of god? Pony up, bitch.
EDIT: Surgeon General DUMPS Gates’ model of virus spread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNK9zesHQls
Maybe gates should treat it like the church he probably does not attend: tithe 10% to WHO and before you know it he will own the place and can change the stationery to GHO. Then we will see how good he really is at running things.
He already owns the W.H.O.
He’s their second biggest source of funds, second only to U.S. taxpayers.
Put your money where your mouth is, Bill.