President Donald Trump does it again!
Another bomb for the Establishment.
The CDC got orders to cut ties with the WHO, effective immediately!
A CDC official told staff to stop all collaborations and sit tight for further orders.
Experts are sweating over potential delays in fighting global threats like Marburg virus, mpox, and bird flu.
President Trump isn’t playing around this time.
JUST IN – CDC orders all public health officials in the United States to stop working with the WHO, effective immediately.
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 27, 2025
🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: CDC ORDERED TO CUT TIES WITH WHO IMMEDIATELY AS TRUMP ACCELERATES WITHDRAWAL
Trump has ordered the CDC to halt all collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) immediately, despite expectations of a gradual withdrawal.
A leaked CDC memo directs staff to… pic.twitter.com/yjvUAk6vge
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 27, 2025
AP News reports:
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await further guidance.”
Experts said the sudden stoppage was a surprise and would set back work on investigating and trying to stop outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox in Africa, as well as brewing global threats. It also comes as health authorities around the world are monitoring bird flu outbreaks among U.S. livestock.
The Associated Press viewed a copy of Nkengasong’s memo, which said the stop-work policy applied to “all CDC staff engaging with WHO through technical working groups, coordinating centers, advisory boards, cooperative agreements or other means — in person or virtual.” It also says CDC staff are not allowed to visit WHO offices.
President Donald Trump last week issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from WHO, but that did not take immediate effect. Leaving WHO requires the approval of Congress and that the U.S. meets its financial obligations for the current fiscal year. The U.S. also must provide a one-year notice.
His administration also told federal health agencies to stop most communications with the public through at least the end of the month.
“Stopping communications and meetings with WHO is a big problem,” said Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a University of Southern California public health expert who collaborates with WHO on work against sexually transmitted infections.
The CDC details nearly 30 people to WHO and sends many millions of dollars to it through cooperative agreements. The U.S. agency also has some of the world’s leading experts in infectious diseases and public health threats, and the two agencies’ staffers are in daily contact about health dangers and how to stop them.
This should start a domino effect.
I wonder how the WHO will respond to this.
The can already feel their power slipping through their fingers.
JUST IN: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has directed all staff to stop working with the World Health Organization (WHO) immediately. pic.twitter.com/LmC5fwZhcM
— The Canadian Independent (@canindependent) January 27, 2025
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