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   Mike Lawton (mlawton@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jan-2026 05:22:21 JST Mike Lawton

   "U.S. Formally Withdraws From World Health Organization: Global health experts worry that a lack of international coordination will lead to death and disaster."

   I guess this was expected. It's the continuation of a series of self-inflicted stupidity.

   The US is now so anti-science & anti-health that helping the world (and themselves by proxy) could never be allowed to stand. Even from a soft-power, self-interest perspective, this seems remarkably dumb.

   https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/politics/united-states-withdraws-world-health-organization.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.m2ES.uKMEsiQdeQ-7

   #USPol #health

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jan-2026 05:22:18 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • Kat O’Brien

     @WTL @obrien_kat @mlawton It's going to take at least 40 years to recover from this. :(

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     WTL (wtl@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jan-2026 05:22:19 JST WTL

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     @obrien_kat @mlawton Very much so.

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     Kat O’Brien (obrien_kat@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jan-2026 05:22:20 JST Kat O’Brien

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     @mlawton so depressing.

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     AL (mral@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jan-2026 05:29:15 JST AL

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     @joeo10 @WTL @obrien_kat @mlawton
     im no policy wonk, but it seems to almost ensures the next covid like event will be bigger, last longer, do more damage and be more deadly.

     I wonder what the profit models for the bigCorp owners show as their expected profit.

     May we could ask them, most are at devos right now.

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jan-2026 06:10:51 JST Joe Ortiz

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     @WTL @obrien_kat @mlawton One thing is for certain: this will be a generational (maybe even multi-generational) fixes and I won't be around to see it.

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     WTL (wtl@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jan-2026 06:10:52 JST WTL

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     @joeo10 @obrien_kat @mlawton It really depends what Americans do in the next four years or so.

     Do they let this slide? Or do they hold people accountable and make reparations?