Law proposed by the League in the Senate after the signing of a decree signed by Trump last Monday, shortly after his inauguration.
Following the US President's announcement, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier declared that this choice "is a concern for global health, because the WHO provides critical information to the US" as well as to all 194 other member states, "on outbreaks and emerging health threats."
The possibility that Italy may leave the WHO confirms the worrying trail that could be created after the United States' decision, with the involvement of other countries as well. Since its inception, the WHO has had the task of guiding the main decisions regarding healthcare at a global level, has the responsibility of creating health research programs and sets standards useful to member countries to understand what is or is not a health hazard.
During the pandemic, for example, the WHO provided technical assistance to member states at a critical time affecting the world's population and played a key role in providing timely funding for research and the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Without the WHO , this fight would certainly have taken much longer, with quantifiable negative consequences in human lives.
Scientist and Senator for Life Elena Cattaneo, in a speech, declared, "Scientific nationalism, starting with the biomedical field, is the autarchic idea of knowledge that stops at borders. Not only is it contradictory to the scientific method, which is rooted in the unconstrained dialogue between scholars and institutions.
But it's the surest recipe for crashing into the wall of ignorance and superstition, producing poverty and marginalization." The scientist, in a speech, stated that "when legislation is passed by ignoring, or worse, distorting, scientific data, the connection with reality is lost, and everything is reduced to a quantitative power struggle between those who affirm the scientific fact that two plus two equals 4 and those who maintain that it equals 3 or 5.
Today, surprisingly, living in an alternative reality, where data changes according to what is convenient, is seen by many as a goal, and no longer a danger."
Marcus Barbatus
