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and internally, word had it from people at the WHO,
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that they were highly insulted by the American behavior
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and felt that it was bullying behavior at its worst.
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What was happening behind the scenes is that
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the WHO has a governing body like The United Nations have done.
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It's made up a representative sample of its constituent countries.
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The word had it that the U.S.
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was going behind the scenes to pressure the smaller countries
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that were on this governing board to support the U.S. position,
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but none of them did support the U.S. position
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because it was so obviously the wrong position
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from a scientific point of view.