U.S. Researchers Barred From Talking to WHO

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U.S. Researchers Barred From Talking to WHO

May 25, 2026 at 2:04 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 59 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/25/u-s-researchers-barred-from-talking-to-who/

“Key officials responsible for leading US research on infectious disease threats have been barred from speaking directly with the World Health Organization — effectively shutting some of them out of the global discussions on virus outbreaks,” CNN reports.

“The Trump administration issued the directive stopping individuals at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from communicating with the WHO.”

[Ocelot II]

1. Direct link to the CNN article:

https://archive.is/UJsQt

WTF? What good is this doing for anyone?

[applegrove]

2. They are on team ebola.

[wnylib]

3. As Scrooge said, "Eliminate the surplus population."

[vapor2]

6. More truth to your comment than we would like to think

[pat_k]

4. Treating the executive branch as a cult that must be cut off from "outsiders"

The only "good" is keeping budding cult members isolated from anything that challenges the insanity they are being fed.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

5. wow

[enough]

7. Purposefully weakening America and harming our future.

[BidenRocks]

8. How are you going to stop them?

Murder or the dungeon?

My 2A feelings are acting up!

[calimary]

9. O. M. G.

And everybody’s obeying?


WHEN do we finally get a critical mass of COURAGE to start manifesting itself?

[slightlv]

14. It's all been too debilitating to bring out any courage... just the opposite.

Unfortunately, you live within a dystopia long enough and you do and feel just enough to survive. I think we're all on the edge of, or fully ensconced in, that dystopia now. Between the country and personal issues, there's nothing left but to survive. At least, after these last few months, I can't find it.

[ananda]

18. I've been asking myself that question...

since Florida 2000.

[Fil1957]

10. Why! This makes no sense unless the administration is actively trying to destroy this country.

[niyad]

12. Well, both the illegal immigrant South African nazi and krasnov

openly stated that they planned to totally destroy this country in order to rebuild it to their image.

[Lovie777]

11. We are not in a dictatorship yet.....

safety comes first stupid asswipes.

[mn9driver]

13. Out of control spread of Ebola in Africa

would give Trump a reason to rant against allowing people with dark skin to enter the country. It’s the only campaign strategy they have, and it is effective with the MAGA base. Wait for it…

[slightlv]

15. Hea... I got an idea... spread it on to the white South Africaans...

that'll blow trump's mind!

[70sEraVet]

16. Those WHO folks are a little too woke --

They want to save EVERYBODY, regardless of their skin color or net worth. We want OUR scientists to concentrate on the rich white guys -- the JOB CREATORS! Well, Job Creators at least until AI replaces all the jobs.

[MLWR]

17. Typical trump stupidity.

This kind of stoopid reaction is how he got us into trouble the first time around. As I keep saying, he is incapable of LEARNING. And in whatever-passes-for-his-mind, he never makes mistakes to learn from in the first place.