Comics, 3-21-20: WHO Pandemic!

The WHO is now calling the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic 
​3-11-20, NewScientist.com -- The WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus [home nation Ethiopia] has been reluctant to declare the China coronavirus a pandemic up until now. As of March 11, 2020 reportedly worldwide there are more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries, and more than 4000 people have died ... [in a world of 7 billion doesn't seem to warrant it]

WHO declares coronavirus crisis a pandemic 
​3-11-20, JapanToday -- In Geneva Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO chief declares pandemic; even though for most, the coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. But for a few, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illnesses, including pneumonia. -->

<-- ​More than 121,000 people have been infected worldwide and approximately 4,300 have died.
Most people have mild flu like illness and recover in about two weeks. More severe illness may take three to six weeks depending on the condition of the patient; the elderly have been hit hardest. Shame that so many are fearful when there's little need ...

World Health Organization Boot-Licks China
3-17-20, Federalist.com --Scientists and patients are rightly demanding answers as to why the WHO coddles dictators instead of holding them accountable and acknowledging the seriousness of the threat. The United States is the largest contributor to the WHO’s budget, in 2017 sending the agency half a billion dollars. Why did China push so hard for Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus? -->

<-- ​The ex-revolutionary, Tedros’s tenure is merely part of a broader China strategy to take over international organizations to reshape the international system to accommodate its political and economic interests. [..] In service of this strategy, [China] has consistently sought to trade financial incentives for votes, offering bribes and cancelling debt for countries that support them.  
China’s near-total takeover of the WHO comes at a sharp human cost, as the world is tragically now realizing; but despite China buying off most WHO officials, the core and plurality of its funding comes from U.S. taxpayers. More from Federalist here