Thank Goodness WHO Was Not in Charge

The WHO team arrives at Wuhan on February 3, 2021 (WSJ)

Dr. Fauci, the CDC, and other health officials have faced withering criticism for their mistakes over the past year.

(Aside: for the record, your humble blogger's personal preference during times of high uncertainty and paucity of knowledge is to distribute as much information as widely as possible. Tread lightly on mandates and enforcement and trust people to make their own decisions.)

For all their faults American officials are speedy geniuses compared to the World Health Organization: [bold added]

Scientists will likely discover the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic within the next few years, after they pursue and zero in on an animal source for the new coronavirus, a member of an international team of investigators led by the World Health Organization said Wednesday...

International team members learned on the trip that meat from animals known to carry coronaviruses belonging to the same family as the pandemic virus were sold in the Huanan market, Dr. Daszak said.

One year after the lockdown Americans are being vaccinated in increasing numbers, with widespread immunity forecasted by Memorial Day.

Meanwhile, WHO is still figuring out where the virus came from, with the "likely scenario" that it originated from a bat near the Huanan market. Thank goodness WHO was never put in charge of developing a vaccine.