Matt Pottinger, speaker of "A World Out of Control: Origins and Response to COVID-19", Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution, and former US Deputy National Security Adviser, said that the World Health Organization (WHO) cannot cope Countries that do not abide by the commitments of member states are not binding, and it is suggested that an "international organization with a democracy as its backbone" should be created to face it.

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[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Taipei Report] The Asia-Pacific Resilience Research Foundation invited Matt Pottinger, the former deputy national security adviser of the United States, to Taiwan. Today he gave a speech titled "A World Out of Control: The Origin and Response of COVID-19".

Bo Ming pointed out that the World Health Organization (WHO) will not be able to deal with various epidemics in the future, and it has no binding force on countries like China that do not abide by the commitments of member states. He suggested that an international organization with a "democracy as the backbone "Come face it.

Bo Ming pointed out that the World Health Organization is a very standard and huge organization, but it cannot respond quickly and quickly, and cannot face changing epidemics. Moreover, member states like China do not abide by the rules of member states, and the WHO is helpless.

He believes that the lesson learned from this Wuhan pneumonia epidemic is that there must be a new international organization, mainly democratic countries, that can quickly share information and respond quickly to face new epidemics. This is not to replace the WHO, it is Can still continue to do existing work.

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Bo Ming believes that he has actually noticed that including the United States and Taiwan, political decision-making is considered an obstacle, and experts should be allowed to lead and respond to the epidemic crisis. However, the characteristics and advantages of democratic regimes are that democratically elected leaders will be responsible Responsibility rather than leaving it to the experts.

He gave an example. For example, in the early stage of the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic, many experts believed that the border should not be closed, but this is wrong. The border should be closed in the early stage to buy time to prepare supplies, so that the epidemic will not spread so fast, and the leaders elected by the people Decisions are made and leaders are held accountable.

Yen Pottinger, former head of the HIV research group at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that scientists may also make mistakes. She believes that some scientists are too arrogant and think that the flu model can be used to deal with the new Omicron virus, but the virus is constantly evolving, and humans are more sensitive to viruses. What we know is constantly changing, so humans should remain humble in the face of viruses.

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