As we brace for the consequences of Trump's attempt to leave the WHO in his second term, let's take a look back at his attempt to do so in his first term.
Soon after taking office on Jan. 20, President-Elect Joe Biden plans to enact executive actions that will significantly change US policy in several areas, including the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Notably, these executive actions won’t require Congress to approve new legislation. Instead, Biden can change these policies on his own.
Biden said he will sign an executive order that will require people to wear masks inside federal buildings and while traveling between states on plains, trains, and buses.
The mandate’s goal is to limit the spread of the airborne coronavirus.
"Just 100 days to mask. Not forever — 100 days," Mr. Biden said. "I think we'll see a significant reduction if that occurs with vaccinations and masking, to drive down the numbers considerably."
The Trump Administration officially moved in early July 2020 to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), a United Nations agency that works to combat disease and improve the health of people around the world.
Public health experts and Democrats criticized Trump’s decision to leave the WHO, which they said would harm efforts to fight the global coronavirus pandemic.
The Trump Administration submitted its withdrawal notification to the United Nations secretary-general in early July 2020. But the withdrawal requires one-year advance notice, which means it would take effect July 6, 2021.
Then-presidential-candidate Joe Biden responded to the Trump Administration’s planned withdrawal by tweeting July 7, 2020, that he would move to rejoin the WHO on his first day as president.
“Americans are safer when America is engaged in strengthening global health,” Biden wrote on Twitter. “On my first day as President, I will rejoin the @WHO and restore our leadership on the world stage.”
Jon Oliver discussed the World Health Organization, and the potential negative consequences of Trump’s decision to withdraw from the international body, on his program LastWeekTonight.
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •Trump's attempt to leave the WHO was one of five policy stories from the beginning of Trump's second term that I covered in my most recent article.
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An Endless Series of Outrages
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •I covered Trump's first attempt to leave the WHO in an article that explored how President-Elect Biden would handle COVID differently than Trump had.
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •I published the following article on Jan. 4, 2021.
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Biden to improve US pandemic response
jasonbeets.blogspot.comJason Beets
in reply to Jason Beets • • •Soon after taking office on Jan. 20, President-Elect Joe Biden plans to enact executive actions that will significantly change US policy in several areas, including the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Notably, these executive actions won’t require Congress to approve new legislation. Instead, Biden can change these policies on his own.
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Jason Beets
in reply to Jason Beets • • •Biden said he will sign an executive order that will require people to wear masks inside federal buildings and while traveling between states on plains, trains, and buses.
The mandate’s goal is to limit the spread of the airborne coronavirus.
wcvb.com/article/biden-says-he…
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •The Trump administration rejected recommendations from US health experts to enact mask requirements for people using mass transportation.
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •Biden will also ask Americans to wear masks throughout his first 100 days in office.
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Biden says he plans to ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned the usefulness of masks in limiting the spread of the coronavirus.
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •A Cornell University study found that Trump was the single largest source of coronavirus misinformation in the world.
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Cornell study: President Trump is biggest source of coronavirus misinformation
Geoff Herbert | gherbert@syracuse.com (syracuse)Jason Beets
in reply to Jason Beets • • •Biden has promised that his administration’s response to coronavirus will be guided by science and advice from public health experts.
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •This ongoing thread is an article I wrote in January 2021 about how President-Elect Biden would handle COVID differently than Trump.
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Biden to improve US pandemic response
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •Section: World Health Organization membership.
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •The Trump Administration officially moved in early July 2020 to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), a United Nations agency that works to combat disease and improve the health of people around the world.
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Jason Beets
in reply to Jason Beets • • •Trump has criticized the WHO for having a pro-China bias, and for being too slow to respond to the initial coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China.
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •Public health experts and Democrats criticized Trump’s decision to leave the WHO, which they said would harm efforts to fight the global coronavirus pandemic.
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •The Trump Administration submitted its withdrawal notification to the United Nations secretary-general in early July 2020. But the withdrawal requires one-year advance notice, which means it would take effect July 6, 2021.
thehill.com/homenews/administr…
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Jason Beets
in reply to Jason Beets • • •Then-presidential-candidate Joe Biden responded to the Trump Administration’s planned withdrawal by tweeting July 7, 2020, that he would move to rejoin the WHO on his first day as president.
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/…
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in reply to Jason Beets • • •“Americans are safer when America is engaged in strengthening global health,” Biden wrote on Twitter. “On my first day as President, I will rejoin the @WHO and restore our leadership on the world stage.”
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Jason Beets
in reply to Jason Beets • • •Jon Oliver discussed the World Health Organization, and the potential negative consequences of Trump’s decision to withdraw from the international body, on his program LastWeekTonight.
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