WHO Chief - Disunity is a greater threat than COVID-19

I posted on March 20, 2020, that the rise of populism and nationalist movements around the world such as "Make America Great Again" had created a "geopolitical recession" that would deter the world in preventing the COVID-19 pandemic. This post was based on Ian Bremmer's assertion in a fascinating video completed around that time by SAP/Ariba entitled, "What's Happening in the World?"

Today, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared his view with the world that the "Lack of Unity is a bigger threat than the Coronavirus." In emotional commentary following the declaration by President Trump that the USA was starting the process of pulling out of the WHO, it is very clear that in the USA and around the world, we are our own worst enemy! "How is it difficult for humans to unite and fight a common enemy that is killing people indiscriminately?" he asked.

Over one half million dead around the world, with the USA death toll rising above 130,000 as of July 2020, how can national and international politicians get away with abdicating leadership? There is really no question that political agendas are driving health and public policy. Trump prepared well for this moment through misrepresenting the facts (lying) and by vilifying anyone who disagrees with him, parallel strategies to those used by Joe McCarthy in the 1950s. The question is if there are enough reasonable people of all political persuasions willing to band together to bring us back from the abyss of geopolitical recession that now puts us all at risk.