The recent announcement of the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization has raised questions about its future viability and may signal lingering resentment over its capitulation to Chinese censorship during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last week President Donald Trump signed an executive order initiating withdrawal from the WHO, citing unfair dues and the outsize influence of certain member states on the organization.
This week, serious questions are swirling about the organization’s survival in Washington and in Geneva.
WHO leaders present at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week privately acknowledged the U.S. is serious about its plan to leave the organization and that it will take a big gesture to persuade them to go back in, according to a source speaking on condition of anonymity.
“If the United States withdraws it may well collapse,” said health…
