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WHO Chief Tedros on Covid, China and Texting RFK Jr

WHO Chief Tedros on Covid, China and Texting RFK Jr

The Mishal Husain Show vor 7 Monaten

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When President Donald Trump returned to the White House last
year, one of his first acts was to sign an executive order
withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization. The
administration's rupture with the WHO began in Trump’s first
term, when relations deteriorated as the Covid-19 pandemic set
in.

In this conversation with Mishal Husain, WHO Director-General
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reveals he remains in close contact
with US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. despite that break. He also talks about the lessons
learned from Covid and why the WHO is still waiting for answers
from China as it seeks to understand the origins of the virus.

Beyond the politics of global health, Ghebreyesus opens up about
his own childhood trauma and why the death of his brother in 1970
makes the fight against preventable disease personal for him.

02:51 - Being a child of war

06:25 - Working in conflict zones

08:07 - “War and disease are old friends”

09:34 - “Don’t forget the invisible enemy”

11:35 - How far away is the next pandemic?

12:48 - US withdrawal from the WHO

14:50 - Covid and China

16:50 - Personal attacks from the US

18:16 - The US flag has been returned

18.51 Argentina is leaving the WHO

21:22 - Was Covid a lab leak?

22:49 - Waiting for answers from China

26:46 - Vaccine skeptics

27:26 - Texting RFK Jr.

28:56 - “My brother died”

31:06 - “He could have survived”

33:46 - “Defunding mRNA research is the wrong decision”

34:20 - Will MAHA work?

37:27 - A message for President Trump

39:26 - “Viruses get advantage when we are divided”

Read this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend:
www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview

Contact The Mishal Husain Show mishalshow@bloomberg.net

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