America Should Rejoin the World Health Organization

No, I haven’t lost my mind.

I, like everyone else, remember how the World Health Organization (WHO) disgraced itself during the pandemic, hubristically assuming the role of global medical guru to guide the unenlightened masses to safety. I recall how it advised the world’s governments to adopt draconian lockdowns and mandates. How it encouraged people to regulate every social interaction by the meter, so that no speck of hazardous human connection could squeeze through the cracks. I remember the recommendations of masks, intrusive testing regimes, and quarantines well after they had all outlived their usefulness.