Science Magazine published an interview with the current head of the WHO. The following Q and A is most telling:
Q:Operation Warp Speed wasn't designed to vaccinate the world. It was designed to deliver vaccines for the American people and protect the country. What if there had been a different administration that had a more global vision?
A:The problem of just focusing on one country is we will not use the full potential of the whole world. I would turn to the G7 first, and [then] I would take G20, which controls 80% of the [global economy]. They can influence the whole world. What we have been saying from the start—solidarity, everybody contributes to the basket. That [conversation] should happen, and that's what we have been pushing for. This is not just the responsibility of the U.S., but of all the major countries that have capacity for financial [help] or even production capacity.
The real problem was the gross fumbling in the EU in developing and distributing the vaccine and the problem in Wuhan with the release and exposure of the world population. The initial US program was a classic example of US entrepreneurial efforts, try as many as possible and let the individuals work with the best available researchers. Regrettably if the current administration were in charge we would be still selecting the "appropriate" staff mix and lives were being lost.
"Turn to the G7 first" would get us nowhere. Turn to the entities who had the competence. Much of mRNA was initially targets at cancer immunotherapy across a large entrepreneurial base. Keeping NIH and CDC out of the process was a sign of brilliance. The result speaks for itself.
If we followed the WHO we may very well have collapsed the G7 economically and destroyed half the population.
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