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International public health operates around a clear set of dogmas, protected by maintaining taboos on discussion of subjects that might undermine them. The grow... Read more.
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One can confidently predict that the rhetoric will continue, and more “soft laws” ─ UN declarations, strategies, plans-of-action, and agendas ─ will com... Read more.
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Outbreaks do occur and we should monitor and prepare for them. However, we have allowed the development of a system where outbreaks are almost all that matter. ... Read more.
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The 77th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) just concluded at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. It originally... Read more.
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Last week, amid fanfare from both advocates and opponents of centralization of future pandemic management, the world continued its unfortunate stumble back to o... Read more.
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We must first address the reasons why international public health is now about profit and centralization, rather than the health of populations. This won’t ha... Read more.
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So, rather than arguing over the fine print in these pandemic agreements, we first must make an obvious and fundamental decision. Is the intent of all this to l... Read more.
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The dominant tribe in much of America, and much of the Western world, is a band of supplicants to their cause. They wish to censor, restrict, control, and manda... Read more.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.