As of today, the US is no longer a member of the World Health Organization—and it leaves the United Nations health agency with hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid bills, according to reporting by Stat News.

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[–] 7 points 9 months ago

In true trump fashion... such a fucking piece of god damn shit, and fuck every single last person that voted for him and a big ole slap in the face to the ones that uncommitted assholes, you think it'd be any worse right now? Fuckers.

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    [–] 103 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    You mean to tell me that dickhead owes someone money? color me shocked

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  • [–] 50 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    “I’m going to start my own WHO, with crystals and essential oils…..” The US….probably.

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  • [–] 26 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    Crystal healing is far too left wing for most of the US, we prefer our diluted bleach and faith healing untainted with your hippy nonsense thankyou very much.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    What are you on about you liberal extremist you? It’s horse dewormer that’s the proven medicine. Stop trying to stereotype us as bleach drinkers - we only do that once every six months

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    Oh it has not been only during COVID lol. They've been coming up with all sorts of other zany off label uses for ivermectin since then

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  • [–] 36 points 9 months ago

    The Cheeto left without paying? As per usual, you mean...

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Can't wait for the next pandemic, which is tracked in detail by the WHO and magically never appears in the US while unattributed deaths skyrocket.

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  • [–] 22 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    The US has been a nation no-one should treat as a serious entity since 2024-11-05, and will not be again until they can prove their ability to hold another legitimate election.

    Right now it’s a coin flip as to whether I’ll see that within the remainder of my lifetime.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago

    Brilliant GOP strategy—“saving” millions of dollars by destroying public health programs & unnecessarily immiserating countless vulnerable people around the world

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  • [–] 29 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Good. At this point the more isolated US is the better. Them leaving WHO only means they won't be able to block things and push their fascist agenda.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago

    I agree, USA would probably just be a bad influence on WHO anyway.
    Denying science and demanding WHO follow American politics.
    It sucks that USA has sunk so deep, they have the qualified people, but common superstition means more than actual knowledge and qualifications in USA now.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    I have a sneaking suspicion that the US will make their own Board of Health. Trump will then claim that he has found the cure for cancer - a special compound created when arsenic trioxide is bathed in chlorine gas. And Trump will then kindly offer to cure all of Denmark's citizens of cancer, with force if necessary.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago*

    Yikes, that's really gonna mess with the WHO. The WHOs 2025 funding was $291.43 million and the US's contribution is the highest at $65.16 million (~22% of the WHOs funding). The next highest is China at $43.79 million, then Japan at $23.06 million, Germany at $17.54 million, and the UK at $12.56 million.

    https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/who-funding-by-country

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    No, we go into crippling debt.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (17 children)

    I just want all the conservatives to die during the next pandemic and for all hospitals to refuse them access. All conservative men, women, and children should just stay home and pray to death. They won't be missed.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (16 children)

    Children can't help their parents are morons

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  • [–] -4 points 9 months ago (15 children)

    Those children grow up to be conservatives. So I'm not sympathetic.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago* (12 children)

    What an absolute shit take. No they don't. I grew up conservative. Megan Phelps grew up in God hates faqs westboro baptist church and so did her sister. They both got out and Megan is an activist now.

    You need to grow the fuck up.

    And I've seen plenty of left leaners become conservative as well.

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  • [–] -3 points 9 months ago (11 children)

    Naw. You're a unicorn, not a trend. Most conservatives worldwide don't change and they would be better 6 feet under than ruining people's lives further.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Raised in BFE over religious tiny small town, extremely conservative, family. Learned to read, began questioning all of it, been the opposite side of that once I had access to a library, outside sources of information and reality.

    Not many of the people I grew up with there stayed conservative once becoming an adult. Sweeping generalizations used to approve mass murder is not a good idea.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    They do it all the time. Zero fucks given.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Sooo... It's ok to be an extremist, only as long as it suites your beliefs?

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    If the last 10 years are to go by then yes.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Congrats then! You think just like they do and are no better than your 'enemies'.

    Shit like this does not help, it just keeps swinging the hate back and forth.

    Your ideas are as vile as the worst magat's.

    No need to reply again, I won't be responding to anymore ignorant swill from you.

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    Spoken like a true liberal in name only. You'd suck the teat of white supremacy in a heartbeat if it benefitted you.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I'm a white supremacist because I don't want to condemn kids to death from illness because their parents are conservative and so they'll be conservative. You're really fucking not bright you DUMB FUCK

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Well, maybe diphtheria won't be that bad...

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Medical advisors were warning about the developments of super bugs due to over use of antibiotics and other medicines especially from Meat and Milk Industries. I think they have some how contributed to this move.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Another typical Trump business partner.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    This is exacerbated by Trump, but it didn't begin under Trump.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Yep. The crazy John Birch Society types have been with us for much, much, much longer than Donvict was in office.

    That group and similar anti-intellectuals have been a drag on this country for decade upon decade.

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