Trump, which comes out of the defense of smallpox to shock

The order of President Trump, that the United States leaves the World Health Organization, may withdraw programs that are to ensure the safety, safety and death of a fatal virus, which once took half a billion life, is warned by experts. They add that his retreat can end decades, in which the agency managed the management of smallpox virus in cache in America.

Health experts say that the ceasing of WHO supervision threatens to damage precautions against the world leaking virus and disruption of research on anti -fatal disease. They add that he can also raise concerns among allies and opponents that the United States, under a veil of secrecy, can arm a smallpox virus.

“I was in this laboratory,” he said Thomas R. FriedenFormer director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, where the American cache is located. “Imagine a submarine in a building and people walking in space. It looks like something from the movie. “To reduce the risk and misunderstandings of smallpox, Dr. Frieden added:” We must open ourselves to control. “

On Monday, Daniel R. Luceymedical professor at Dartmouth, published an article On the blog Infectious Diseases Society of America warns that Mr. Trump’s exit can threaten “storing smallpox viruses, experiments, reporting and inspection.”

Half a century ago, who was cleaned smallpox From human populations to plagues, they killed people for thousands of years. Dr. Frieden called this “one of the greatest achievements not only in medical sciences, but also global cooperation.”

While the embryo was eliminated in humans, two repositories were preserved to enable the virus to examine, if it appeared again: one in Atlanta, the other in Russia. To reduce leaks, both buffering are stored in special laboratories classified as level 4, the highest level of protection.

In recent years, WHO based in Geneva, he ruled Safety and scientific advantages of the proposed smallpox research both by CDC and its Russian counterpart. Has permissions grant or refuse Permission despite the publicly described role as consulting. The agency also He regularly checks TSU laboratories for safety.

Health experts warn that Mr. Trump’s exit before international supervision may end Washington’s ability to control the Moscow cache. “If we want to check the Russian laboratory,” said Dr. Frieden, “We must be part of whom”

According to the federal assessment of the interview, Russia probably hides a smallpox virus for military employ. Health experts also warn that American exit from who can cause fears, that the United States can armament of a fatal virus.

In his first term, as President Trump, he attacked WHO regarding the service of Coronvirus’s pandemic, and in July 2020 he ordered withdrawal. But six months later, before the separation could end, former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. He reversed Mr. Trump’s decision on the first day of office.

This time Mr. Trump came stronger, spending executive order Within a few hours of taking up the Office, notifications about the US withdrawal. He also told his administration to identify us and global partners who could “take the necessary actions” he had previously carried out.

A week later CDC has been ordered To end all cooperation with WHO

It is not clear whether WHO and CDC have completely completed smallpox cooperation. Their answers to e -mail questions seemed contradictory, and the White House did not answer.

Christian Lindmeier, WHO spokesman, said that officials in the agency are still trying to explain the implications of Mr. Trump’s order. He added that the agency “is ready to work with the up-to-date US administration to maintain our vital cooperation.” Another inspection of the smallpox, added Lindmeier, scheduled for May 2026.

CDC is part of the Health and Social Welfare Department, whose communication director, Andrew G. Nixon, only said that he warns Mr. Trump’s order to withdraw from WHO

Unlike most viruses, poxKnown as Variola, he is highly stable outside the host. He can keep the power to infection for a long time, helping her spread. The victims are developing high fever, deep rashes and sipping drops. Around the third death. It is estimated that in the 20th century virus took more life than all wars and other epidemics.

In 1959, WHO decided to eliminate the assassin in the mud of global vaccination and quarantine. Not much was achieved until Washington and Moscow in 1966 proposed a stronger effort. Only this year the disease killed two million people. In 1977, WHO recorded his last matter, defeating a deadly scourge.

Some health experts, today, today, an American who will leave, can boost the risk of escaping a smallpox virus and re -imprisonment of the world again. They consider this threat as default in how CDC Parepox Labs inspections passed Dozens of recommendations for safety and safety updates.

The proposals included better safety systems, training, risk assessment, overalls control, investigation and monitoring of staff competences.

David H. EvansVirologist from the University of Alberta, twice checked the area of ​​the CDC virus and was a member of WHO’s Tfspox Scientific Advisory Panel.

He said that withdrawing from WHO may not boost the risk of leakage, cooperation between the USA and WHO quite effectively improves research and a reduction in suspicion of illegal work.

“It makes people talk to each other,” said Dr. Evans. “He returns to the idea of ​​transparency. It gives you an idea of ​​what is happening. “

Last year, the National Academy of Sciences panel described the cooperating research on OSPA CDC and WHO as “urgently needed”. Looking beyond the vaccines, the panel called for a up-to-date generation of antiviral drugs that better fight smallpox in people already infected with pathogen.

WHO research had practical payments. Antiviral drugs developed by OSPY have been implemented To fight MPOX, previously known as Monkeypox, which quickly spreads in a part of Africa, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In 1996, WHO members He agreed to the set To destroy the other two sets of smallpox virus. Now it is increasingly intended to prepare for potential explosions, not constant extinguishing the virus.

But these increased defense planning levels can be withdrawn by American withdrawal, health experts warn. They are afraid that more countries can leave WHO, pouring up-to-date explosions.

Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Research and Policy of Infectious Diseases at the University of Minnesota, noticed that Argentina, repeating Mr. Trump, withdrew from WHO at the beginning of this month and so Hungary and Russia I also examined this idea.

“Global health safety is effective only if we have a global representation,” said Dr. Osterholm. “Who will do what he can. But at some point we will have a real challenge. “

Dr. Frieden, former director of CDC, agreed.

“Health is not a game of zero,” he said. “When one country is well, it helps not only them, but also their neighbors and the world.” He cited the purification of a smallpox virus from the human population as an unusual case study in the field of global teamwork.

“There is no doubt that who can be more effective,” added Dr. Frieden. “But there is also no doubt that it is necessary.”