World Health Organization: It's worse than we think

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This article reminds us of the WHO being like another infamous deja vu case:
"Walter Duranty, the New York Times's Moscow correspondent from 1922 to 1936, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his Russian reporting in the early 1930s. Stalin showered him with amenities — cars, luxury apartments, and mistresses — as well as access. In return, Duranty treated Stalin’s Russia with velvet gloves.
In the midst of the 1931-1932 famine that killed millions in Ukraine, one of Duranty’s dispatches declared that "Any report of a famine in Russia is today an exaggeration or malignant propaganda." And, he wrote further: "Weaklings and despondents at home may groan under the burden, but the youth and strength of the Russian people is essentially at one with the Kremlin's program.""

"This year, an international delegation of the United Nations' World Health Organization (WHO) visited China from Feb. 16 to Feb. 24 to report on the coronavirus that, by that time, had spread beyond China. Only three weeks earlier, the WHO had finally conceded human-to-human transmission of the virus. The WHO's report did not address China’s delays, lack of transparency or harsh treatment of Wuhan physician-whistleblowers. Instead, the delegation produced a political document of fawning praise for China. ... The WHO commission was equally effusive in its praise of the “unusual and unprecedented speed of decision-making by top leaders” in China, as well as the “deep commitment of the Chinese people to collective action in the face of this common threat … The Chinese people have reacted to this outbreak with courage and conviction” as they “accepted and adhered to the starkest of containment measures.”"

World Health Organization: It's worse than we think | TheHill