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3. The WHO shares some of the blame with China
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 07:22 PM
Mar 2020

The director general defended China during the initial coverup of the outbreak.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/01/29/who-reconvene-expert-committee-coronavirus/


“Tedros understandably has his main aim to foster a cooperative relationship with China. This might best be achieved by not publicly criticizing the government,” said Lawrence Gostin, professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.“

https://www.devex.com/news/tedros-addresses-criticism-against-china-coronavirus-response-96518

Background on Lawrence Gostin:

From January 1984 to 1985, Gostin was general secretary of the National Council for Civil Liberties in the United Kingdom. From 1986 to 1994, he was executive director of the American Society for Law, Medicine, and Bioethics. He worked on Hillary Clinton's health plan, serving as chairman of the health information privacy and public health committees of the President's Task Force on Health Care Reform.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Gostin

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