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the Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk Radio.

Good morning and welcome to the Independent Republic Mike Graham right here on talk and radio.

Let us begin at the beginning, shall we, as the coronavirus continues to haunt the entire planet,

killing as it goes and wiping out businesses internationally and indiscriminately, without a thought for the human race that it is attacking.

There are many voices out there criticizing what the government did,

when it did it, why it did it, and asking if the measures taken were right, disproportionate,

or just plain wrong. What I can tell you is this. On January the 14th of this year,

the World Health Organization issued this tweet. Preliminary investigations conducted by the

Chinese authorities have found no clear

evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus identified in Wuhan.

So there you have it. Is it any wonder that dozens of countries around the world did not react

more quickly to this deadly threat, the very people that are supposed to safeguard our health

and prevent dangerous viruses from spreading globally were actually absent and missing in action.

And isn't it time we started admitting that the World Health Organization is simply not

fit for purpose, not fit for this century, and not honest enough to call out China for its hideous

practices when it comes to food and hygiene?

And it gets worse, by the way, because only yesterday the Australian Prime Minister was critical

of the World Health Organization because they basically said to China,

go ahead and reopen your wet markets, just keep them clean.

Donald Trump wants to withdraw funding from this ghastly, craven organisation,

which is in the thrall of the Chinese Communist Party,

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