THE WHO BY NUMBERS. James Lileks: No, you can’t have your old life back.

One little detail about the fellow who wants to reorganize the world:

On 18 October 2017, [Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization] announced that he had chosen President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to serve as a WHO Goodwill Ambassador to help tackle non-communicable diseases for Africa. He said Zimbabwe was “a country that places universal health coverage and health promotion at the centre of its policies to provide health care to all.”

He was widely criticized, and accused of returning a favor, since Mugabe had backed his WHO appointment. But you have to admit Mugabe did his part for reduced greenhouse gas emissions; starved cows don’t blurt methane, and dead people don’t drive cars.

Read the whole Fisk.