Unfortunately, a COVID pandemic demonstrated otherwise. During COVID the WHO failed to enforce the international health regulations that were already in place for generations. China withheld critical information about the outbreak for at least a month and faced no real consequences or criticism from WHO. As the 2024 congressional oversight report put it, the WHO was misinformed, denied access to China, and used as a cover for the Chinese Communist Party's reckless action. (02:31–02:40)
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Asserts that China withheld information about COVID-19 and faced no consequences from the WHO.
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