6/9/2024
We have to make it clear the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are not elected officials.
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Fact check: False claim about Biden, WHO and U.S. sovereignty
The claim: President Biden is giving the World Health Organization control over U.S. health care and national sovereignty
The World Health Organization’s 75th World Health Assembly began May 22 with officials coming together in Switzerland to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and the WHO’s role in international outbreaks.
But some online claim something more nefarious is afoot.
“TERRIFYING. The Biden administration is setting the stage to hand ultimate control of America’s health care system and U.S. national sovereignty over to the World Health Organization,” reads a Facebook post shared May 12.
The post claims that the assembly will be voting on proposed amendments the Biden administration sent in January that would allow the organization “to declare an ‘international health emergency,’ nullifying the powers of nation states.”
The post generated over 250 shares in less than a day. Similar posts have amassed hundreds of interactions on Facebook and Instagram.
But the claim is false.
The amendments referred to in the Facebook post are intended to strengthen a country’s reporting measures on public health events, experts told USA TODAY. They would not grant the WHO any authority in the U.S.
USA TODAY reached out to the social media users who shared the claim for comment.
Amendments will not give WHO authority in the US
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