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If not the WHO, then who? Critics say COVID-19 investigation requires a new treaty, a do-over, or better intelligence Eleanor Bartow, DCNF The WHO-led team investigating COVID-19 lacked the power “to demand transparency and accountability,” according to an article in Foreign Policy. A new pandemic treaty would help inspectors gain access, with sanctions to enforce cooperation, supporters say. Such a treaty might have prevented the pandemic, according to a WHO advisory committee member. Critics of the World Health Organization-led team’s report on the origins of COVID-19 have several proposals to improve the investigation of pandemics, including a new treaty that...
