The Director General, when industry leads concerned about the lack of action or preparation of some Member States, refuses to name them and limits himself to a " You know who you are " full of presuppositions. In a recent interview, the industry leads director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, Mike Ryan, explained: “We never criticize member states! The fact is that when we see that a Member State does not do what is necessary, or does not do industry leads enough, or does what is necessary at a bad time (...), we go to see them, we try to show them that there is another way.
You don't change behavior through industry leads public humiliation." To obtain the cooperation of member states, WHO uses its knowledge and builds on past experiences. Thus, in an interview with the Financial Times, Bruce Aylward, co-director of the WHO industry leads Mission in China for Covid-19, declared that, when faced with reluctance on the part of the Chinese authorities to respond to requests from his organization, he always responded: «'They industry leads cannot rule out another Wuhan if they don't know how and when this started.' (...) This was always the starting point for them.
They don't want another Wuhan." All these industry leads elements allow us to explain the WHO's response to the Covid-19 crisis, and the criticism received, by not publicly questioning China's statements. Tedros prefers to highlight the need to reach agreements, for industry leads example, to be able to send a mission to China and better understand the virus, and the need to ensure Chinese cooperation in order not to return to the pre-2003 situation (because, Despite industry leads everything, the cooperation developed better this year than during SARS).