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Written by Michael Downey 🚩 on 2025-01-21 at 01:27

🇺🇸 :flag_un: The United States has just withdrawn its funding for the World Health Organization, who for 75 years have led the charge to protect lives and improve health everywhere.

🌍 Please give what you can.

:boost_love: #boostsWelcome

https://donate.who.foundation

[#]WHO #USpol #health #healthcare #WorldHealthOrganization #UN #UnitedNations

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Written by Michael Downey 🚩 on 2025-01-21 at 01:49

Proud that despite these cuts, I'll still be joining #WHO colleagues for a panel on how we can all strengthen #OpenSource for public good in the face of global challenges, coming up at @FOSSBackstage in March:

https://25.foss-backstage.de/session/how-do-you-measure-public-good-in-open-source-and-beyond/

[#]FOSSBack

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Written by GhostOnTheHalfShell on 2025-01-21 at 02:19

@downey

Pox Americana

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Written by Luna chan on 2025-01-21 at 03:34

@downey Trump was a mistake in every sense of the word.

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Written by ProScience on 2025-01-21 at 05:41

@downey

The USA ceased to exist on Jan 20, 2025.

It's now the FSA—Fascistic States of America.

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Written by J$ on 2025-01-21 at 10:06

@downey deeply shameful, deeply harmful. One of the Four mounts.

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Written by John_Loader on 2025-01-21 at 11:40

@downey Health in the US seems a joke with insurers and obesity

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Written by Jele on 2025-01-21 at 17:02

@downey

A gift to the Gates foundation. They are even more important now ;-(

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Written by Michael Downey 🚩 on 2025-01-21 at 17:35

@jele Moreso China than BMGF (IMHO) but point is well taken. Just like climate, the world will keep working on public health with or without the US. But it would be much better to have them at the table.

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Written by Jele on 2025-01-21 at 17:50

@downey

Especially as they are still an anchor state for others 🤷

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