Dear
Colleagues,
I’ll keep it short in this week’s intro, to
make up for last week’s rather lengthy one, and more importantly, because we
have two co-editorials this week on the main global health event of the
week, the 73rd World Health Assembly. By investigative journalist Priti
Patnaik (focusing on the resolution)and Remco van de Pas (ITM),
more on the broader picture.
As for the title of this intro, no prizes to
be won whom that refers to 😊. Global health scholars like
Suerie Moon (“Trump
is like a bully in a schoolyard”) and
Lawrence Gostin (via our GHN colleagues), “There are two
naughty children in the room; they’re both really big and they’re both bullies.”
already didn’t really mince words, earlier this week. But let’s face it, one of
the bullies is so much smarter than the other, which is part of the reason why
the WHA was a stunning disaster for the Donald. He’ll need a lot of
hydroxychloroquine to recover from that.
Do allow me one ultra-short
reflection...
