National and local leaders have been and will continue to be scrutinized, and justly so.  But global institutions deserve the same scrutiny, because COVID-19 isn't a national issue; it's a global one.  As the virus began to leave China, the world looked to the World Health Organization for guidance.  The WHO made some relevant health recommendations, but its inability to see the advantage of closing borders proved essential.  Fears of promoting xenophobia may have prevented the WHO from doing the right thing. On January 30, a WHO committee made some health suggestions, but in hindsight, this one seems critical: "[t]he Committee does not recommend any travel or trade restriction based on the current information available."  The WHO reasoned, "Travel restrictions can cause more harm than good by hindering info-sharing, medical supply chains and harming economies."  But COVID-19 is spread by...(Read Full Article)