China is reportedly experiencing an outbreak of respiratory disease. The rest of the world should be concerned because both China and the World Health Organization (WHO) have credibility issues based on their poor handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the current outbreak in China seems to hit children the hardest.
China has a history of covering up and delaying the sharing of crucial information about disease outbreaks. The two most recent examples were the Chinese government’s covering up of the 2003 SARS outbreak and the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic between late 2019 and early 2020. Yet the WHO is known to kowtow to the Chinese authorities and let Beijing dictate global health care messaging and critical decisions. For example, the WHO waited until Jan. 30, 2020, to declare the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. That…
