Maria Bartiromo

And I think that helps, you know, to say that we are here. Our only job, our only job is to keep people safe. We have no other motivation. I just want to say one other thing, Vin, is the budget. You know, we mentioned defense. Our budget at WHO is less than one hospital, one hospital in one city in one high-income country. Less than one hospital in New York City, for example.

And I think that helps, you know, to say that we are here. Our only job, our only job is to keep people safe. We have no other motivation. I just want to say one other thing, Vin, is the budget. You know, we mentioned defense. Our budget at WHO is less than one hospital, one hospital in one city in one high-income country. Less than one hospital in New York City, for example.

And so it's not a lot of money. And a lot of people think that the U.S. gives us huge amounts of money, and they do, through assessed contributions, which are dues, which are dues member states pay, but also in a lot of voluntary contribution, which can change. But the amount of money that the U.S. gives to WHO is very tiny in terms of the budget of the U.S. government.

And so it's not a lot of money. And a lot of people think that the U.S. gives us huge amounts of money, and they do, through assessed contributions, which are dues, which are dues member states pay, but also in a lot of voluntary contribution, which can change. But the amount of money that the U.S. gives to WHO is very tiny in terms of the budget of the U.S. government.

And so it's not a lot of money. And a lot of people think that the U.S. gives us huge amounts of money, and they do, through assessed contributions, which are dues, which are dues member states pay, but also in a lot of voluntary contribution, which can change. But the amount of money that the U.S. gives to WHO is very tiny in terms of the budget of the U.S. government.

And in fact, one of the biggest challenges that right now is not only the change to WHO, but to global health. And you and I talked about this before, the cuts in funding from the U.S. to global programs. I'm impacting more than 50 countries right now. USAID, not an operation. This is having huge impacts and life changing. It's really detrimental at the moment.

And in fact, one of the biggest challenges that right now is not only the change to WHO, but to global health. And you and I talked about this before, the cuts in funding from the U.S. to global programs. I'm impacting more than 50 countries right now. USAID, not an operation. This is having huge impacts and life changing. It's really detrimental at the moment.

And in fact, one of the biggest challenges that right now is not only the change to WHO, but to global health. And you and I talked about this before, the cuts in funding from the U.S. to global programs. I'm impacting more than 50 countries right now. USAID, not an operation. This is having huge impacts and life changing. It's really detrimental at the moment.

And that's really scary for us right now.

And that's really scary for us right now.

And that's really scary for us right now.

Well, no one country could do this alone. No one country could do this alone because the notion that a pandemic or an epidemic is going to start in some faraway country is a false sense of security. I mean, look at the 2009 flu pandemic, which began in North America. COVID, we don't know the complete origins of COVID, but the first cases were identified in China.

Well, no one country could do this alone. No one country could do this alone because the notion that a pandemic or an epidemic is going to start in some faraway country is a false sense of security. I mean, look at the 2009 flu pandemic, which began in North America. COVID, we don't know the complete origins of COVID, but the first cases were identified in China.

Well, no one country could do this alone. No one country could do this alone because the notion that a pandemic or an epidemic is going to start in some faraway country is a false sense of security. I mean, look at the 2009 flu pandemic, which began in North America. COVID, we don't know the complete origins of COVID, but the first cases were identified in China.

We have outbreaks of Marburg and of Ebola in different countries across Africa. We have MPOCs that's, you know, in the DRC, but also spreading through international travel. These pathogens don't respect border, and we need a collective response, collective engagement to fight these threats. No one country can do it alone.

We have outbreaks of Marburg and of Ebola in different countries across Africa. We have MPOCs that's, you know, in the DRC, but also spreading through international travel. These pathogens don't respect border, and we need a collective response, collective engagement to fight these threats. No one country can do it alone.

We have outbreaks of Marburg and of Ebola in different countries across Africa. We have MPOCs that's, you know, in the DRC, but also spreading through international travel. These pathogens don't respect border, and we need a collective response, collective engagement to fight these threats. No one country can do it alone.

No one country has the capacity to deal with these types of threats because they cross borders, because we live in this massively interconnected world, and also because of the geopolitics and the things that we're seeing. You know, surveillance is so critical. But no country wants to find the next pandemic virus. Nobody wants that blame.

No one country has the capacity to deal with these types of threats because they cross borders, because we live in this massively interconnected world, and also because of the geopolitics and the things that we're seeing. You know, surveillance is so critical. But no country wants to find the next pandemic virus. Nobody wants that blame.

No one country has the capacity to deal with these types of threats because they cross borders, because we live in this massively interconnected world, and also because of the geopolitics and the things that we're seeing. You know, surveillance is so critical. But no country wants to find the next pandemic virus. Nobody wants that blame.