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by spankyspangler 1867 days ago
The WHO lost a lot of credibility (deserved or not). They clearly either did not have a good grasp of the science and evidence while they were issuing their proclamations, or they were attempting to steer reality away from certain problematic scenarios for certain interests that have corrupted the organization. Or both.

The bigger problem was not the WHO, it's very common for such organizations to be highly dysfunctional and corrupted. It was the slavish adherence to authority (aka boot licking), and piling on, bullying and hatefully attacking anybody who dared to question this corrupt authority. Everyone was getting in on the action, from mega corporations to the average "useful idiot" internet bully.

Unfortunately it's a big problem for some people who put politics above reality to cope with that idea, because WHO is on "their side", for various reasons.
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_y5hn 1867 days ago
WHO, being an NGO, has no authority, governments do. States can either improve by cooperation, or become dysfunctional, but they are the authorities in this world.
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spankyspangler 1867 days ago
The subservient bootlickers were quite desperate to give it authority. And the WHO is already dysfunctional and corrupt.
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_y5hn 1867 days ago
Who and what authority was given to WHO? Please explain your rationale.

WHO is just an NGO, a reflection of multiple member states cooperating through it. Not all states are faithful or trustworthy.

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spankyspangler 1867 days ago
What do you mean rationale? Entities have authority according to who and what they can influence and affect. It is false to say a state has absolute authority and the WHO has no authority.

Those who listen to, act on advice from, censor and attack opposition to the WHO give it authority. This seems to be very upsetting to you for some reason.

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_y5hn 1866 days ago
On the contrary, and no need for hostile comments attempting to belittle other posters.
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spankyspangler 1866 days ago
No need for badgering, asking pointless questions nitpicking and adding nothing to the discussion. Which itself is a form of bullying and belittling.

There is nothing wrong with my initial comment about the WHO's authority, it absolutely has a measure of authority. Why you would try to make up some definition of the word "authority" that nobody else uses, and then try to attack my comment with it is beyond me.

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