Argentina follows Trump, leaves WHO and criticism quarantine in the covid pandemic

According to Milei management, quarantines have caused “one of the largest economic disasters in world history.” Also according to the statement issued by the government, the health agency “left children out of school, hundreds of thousands of workers without income, brought companies to bankruptcy and even cost us 130,000 lives. ‘

Without evidence, Milei stated that WHO decisions are the result of political influence, not based on science. “The international community urgently needs to rethink the purpose of supranational organizations, funded by all, which do not fulfill the objectives for which they were created, dedicate themselves to doing international politics and seek to impose themselves on member countries.”

Quarantines were essential for fighting COVID-19. Scientific studies point out that social distance measures were effective in reducing the number of infected and killed or decreasing hospitals’ overload. Isolation in Europe may have avoided more than three million deaths, researchers at Imperial College London in a study published in 2020 in the journal Nature.

Contribution from Argentina to WHO is less than $ 9 million (R $ 52 million in the current quotation). According to the latest figures published by the organization, the country donated US $ 8,256,810 (R $ 47,824,269 at the current quotation) for the 2022-2023 biennium budget. For the purpose of comparison, in the same period, the US contributed $ 1.28 billion (about $ 7.4 billion at the current price) to the WHO budget

The report sought the World Health Organization for a position. The agency said it is investigating the information.

Minister stressed that leaving WHO does not mean leaving OPS (Pan American Health Organization). “It is important to highlight that leaving WHO does not mean leaving OPS, which is pre -existing and depends on the OAS (Organization of American States). We are facing a change of time, and we need to be up to change,” said the minister.