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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:23 PM Aug 2021

WHO seeks to take political heat out of virus origins debate

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday it was setting up a new group to trace the origins of the coronavirus, seeking to end what it called "political point scoring" that had hampered investigations.

The inability of the WHO to say where and how the virus began spreading has fuelled tensions among its members, particularly between China, where COVID-19 cases were first identified in Wuhan in late 2019, and the United States.

The WHO called for all governments to cooperate to accelerate studies into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and "to depoliticise the situation".

It specified that a new advisory group called the International Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens would support "the rapid undertaking" of further studies.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/who-seeks-to-take-political-heat-out-of-virus-origins-debate/ar-AANhGPf

Either which way you know the Repukes will politicize it.

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WHO seeks to take political heat out of virus origins debate (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 OP
I hope getting rid of Fox News is part of their plan. GoodRaisin Aug 2021 #1
Once again, it's great that Joe Biden is our president. Jim__ Aug 2021 #2

GoodRaisin

(8,922 posts)
1. I hope getting rid of Fox News is part of their plan.
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:27 PM
Aug 2021

Because they are dealing with a cult that Fox News feeds daily.

Jim__

(14,075 posts)
2. Once again, it's great that Joe Biden is our president.
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:36 PM
Aug 2021

We know he'll cooperate with the WHO, help turn down the political heat, and work toward a long lasting solution to the problem of mutating viruses and the danger of pandemics. Our nation will be a part of the solution.

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