The WHO’s Proposed Pandemic Agreements Worsen Public Health
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To summarize, while it’s sensible to prepare for outbreaks and pandemics, it’s even more sensible to improve health. This involves directing resources to wh... Read more.
WHO Pandemic Agreement April Draft: Additional Concerns
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The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiating body of the draft Pandemic Agreement to be voted on in late May produced yet another draft. As the previous text... Read more.
The WHO is Wrong to Rush the Vote
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recently put up a defense of its violation of its own legal requirements by submitting draft amendments to the International... Read more.
The New IHR Changes Are Merely Cosmetic
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The draft of the IHR amendments and an accompanying draft Pandemic Agreement are both still under negotiation a month short of the intended vote at the World He... Read more.
The WHO Proposals: An Open Letter
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The drafting of the Open Letter below, addressing these issues, was led by three lawyers with experience with the WHO, within the UN and in international treaty... Read more.
Pandemics: A Business Opportunity
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For most of the rest of humanity – those not heavily invested in Pharma or software and those concerned about human rights – the future does not look so ros... Read more.
The WHO Pandemic Agreement: A Guide
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The commentary below concentrates on selected draft provisions of the latest publicly available version of the draft agreement that seem to be unclear or potent... Read more.
The History of Public Health Colonialism
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With the world turning full circle, post-World War Two concepts of human rights, equality, and local agency are exiting the international stage. The veiled colo... Read more.
The Cruelty of Modern Death
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Progress involves improving on the past. Once, we used leeches to suck out an excess of cancer-causing humors, or just blamed them on the wrath of the gods. In ... Read more.
The Fairy Tale of Pandemic Risk
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Public health has come into its own over the past few years; a once-backwater profession now promoted to be the arbiters of liberty and human relationships. Out... Read more.
No One is Safe Until Everyone is Safe
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We cannot afford to have those who lead through empty sloganeering in control. We should treat them with all the respect they deserve. We will only be truly saf... Read more.
We Must Save Ourselves from the Public Health Professionals
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We need legislators, and the public, to reclaim public health ethics and to return to credible concepts of health and well-being – as the WHO once did – “... Read more.