Tampa Bay Times
August 27, 2022
![Here, a patient receives a vaccine for COVID-19. As is well-known, current International Health Regulations proved woefully inadequate in the face of COVID-19. The hope is that the new treaty will help prevent future infectious diseases from again creating a world of unbearable suffering and deaths. The emergency of monkeypox and the reemergence of polio demonstrate once again the essential global nature of infectious diseases. [ TED S. WARREN | AP ]](https://williamfelice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0846.png)
At a time when global health cooperation is needed more than ever to fight against rapidly spreading infectious diseases, the efforts to undermine the WHO are inexplicable and dangerous.