International sharp comment 丨 WHO must not be reduced to a political tool of the United States

International sharp comment 丨 WHO must not be reduced to a political tool of the United States

　　 When US Secretary of State Blincoln met with the Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Tedros a few days ago, he claimed that the United States supports the WHO in conducting more traceability investigations in China and other places, and said that the international community should be united on this issue.

　　 A superpower that concealed the epidemic in its own country, engaged in political manipulation, and obstructed international anti-epidemic cooperation, but this time it called on the international community to "unify as one"? Everyone knows what medicine is sold in this gourd. Blinken's so-called "support" is nothing more than a slander and suppression of China under the pretext of the World Health Organization. This also further supports the US attempt to treat the WHO as a "puppet".

　　 Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the US’s indifference and cold-bloodedness towards international anti-epidemic cooperation has been prominently reflected in its attitude towards the WHO. In May of last year, when the risk of the spread of the global epidemic was increasing, the last US government announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, which was severely criticized by the international community. Although the current US government announced its return to the WHO after taking office, the outside world is full of misgivings: Will the United States really change its course and do real things for the WHO and the global fight against the epidemic?

As a result, from hoarding vaccines for the country’s priority use, to re-hyping the theory of “viral laboratory leaks” to attack China, what the current US government has done made it clear to people: It returned to the World Health Organization under the banner of “multilateralism”, but It is to use this platform to continue to engage in political manipulation and let the WHO serve its purpose of throwing blame on China and suppressing China.

　　 As some analysis pointed out, the United States is sparing no effort to rebuild its influence in the World Health Organization, and is trying to lead key issues, with the aim of targeting China on the suspicion of “virus laboratory leakage”. The United States criticizes the lack of representativeness of the WHO's first-stage traceability research team, and aims to include its "circulated" experts in the second-stage research team list, so as to make a "presumption of guilt" against China.

　　 This political conspiracy has been strongly condemned by the global scientific community. Wilson Edwards, a biologist from Bern, Switzerland, recently commented that the scientific community hopes that the return of the United States to the World Health Organization will strengthen its efforts to fight the new crown epidemic and save more lives. "Unfortunately, Washington’s return to the World Health Organization gives This world institution pioneered by science has brought geopolitical competition." He pointed out that the WHO's proposal to establish a permanent advisory group on the origin of new pathogens is the result of pressure from the United States. "As scientific issues continue to be politicized, I have no doubt that this advisory group will become a political tool."

  not only. In order to pressure the WHO to conduct a traceability investigation against China again, some US politicians have recently put "rules" on their lips, saying what they say is based on evidence, transparency, and so on. But these words are only ironic.

　　 A simple truth is: if the US really talks about the “rules”, it should adhere to the principle of equal treatment and invite WHO experts to investigate the Fort Detrick laboratory in the country and more than 200 biological laboratories overseas. If the U.S. really talks about "evidence and transparency," it should publish early data on the country’s epidemic, including explaining clearly to the world: why Florida once deleted those who had symptoms of new coronary pneumonia or tested positive during January and February of that year in May last year 171 patient data, and fired the database manager who disputed the move?

In fact, whether it was withdrawing from the WHO last year to "make a new start" or returning to the WHO this year to "support", although the two administrations of the United States have different practices, the essence is the same: they are all based on their own selfishness and regard the WHO as a stance. Political tools play a political trick of "combining or disagreement, or disagreement." This will not only damage the global cooperation in fighting the epidemic and the common well-being of mankind, but will also have a serious impact on the international system with the United Nations at its core.

　　 US rules are not international rules, and US standards are not WHO standards. Currently, Delta mutant strains are raging around the world, and the epidemic prevention and control situation is complex and severe. As a professional leader in the global fight against the epidemic, WHO needs to adhere to the spirit of science and refuse to bow to political pressure. The international community must not allow the United States to do anything wrong. It should work together to defeat its attempts to use the WHO to engage in political manipulation, ensure that the global fight against the epidemic is not deviated, and obtain the truth through scientific tracing.