- Amendments to the International Health Regulations proposed by the WHO and supported by the US and others would give nearly 200 countries' health policies and responses to pandemics over to the control of the WHO. - The WHO is largely funded by things like donations from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, raising concerns about outsized influence over the organization. - Opposition is growing to the proposed amendments, with petitions and efforts in various countries to demand sovereignty over health decisions remain under national authority and not be ceded to the WHO.