U.S. sits back as Canada pledges $850 million for global fight against coronavirus

Canada is joining a global effort by chipping in $850 million in the fight against the coronavirus.

A number of countries — including Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Britain China, Turkey, and Canada — pledged funds during the virtual fundraising marathon to raise $7.5 billion euros or CAD$11.6 billion.

But the U.S. isn’t among the list of countries involved. It’s another example of the U.S. going its own way, after President Donald Trump said he would stop sending money to the World Health Organization on April 15th. Over the weekend, he said as many as 100,000 people in the U.S. could die of coronavirus.

The money is being raised for diagnostics, treatments and a vaccine for COVID-19.

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Come on now. There are billionaires who need tax breaks.