We have Geneva Conventions for times of war, we need Wuhan conventions to cover topics of disease.

Chinese doctors, like Li Wenliang, who first raised the alarm about the new COVID-19 coronavirus, were silenced and arrested. This directly contributed to the spread of the disease. Early warnings and transparency in reporting of outbreaks are necessary in a global community. The damage done by a pandemic can be even greater then the damage done by war, so we need an agreed upon international set of rules that all countries must abide by if they are allowed to participate as countries in the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and the World Health Organization. Make it illegal to silence doctors or research institutes in reporting on outbreaks. Nations who censor medical professionals should be barred from participation in the UN, WTO, or WHO.

Sources:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-censorship-helps-spread-the-virus-11580071968

https://www.newsweek.com/china-censoring-research-covid-19-origins-deleted-page-wuhan-university-website-suggests-1497467

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinese-doctor-who-tried-to-raise-alarm-on-coronavirus-in-wuhan-dies-from-disease/2020/02/06/8bf305a2-48f9-11ea-8a1f-de1597be6cbc_story.html

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/asia/coronavirus-doctor-whistle-blower-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.thehastingscenter.org/coronavirus-doctor-whistleblower/

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xgqk9n/china-is-trying-to-rewrite-the-history-of-silenced-whistleblower-doctor-li-wenliang