Climate and Public Health: A Two-Headed Inquisition
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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.
The UN Smothers the Peoples with Compassion
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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.
Bird Flu, Fear, and Perverse Incentives
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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.
IHR Amendments Open Door to Perpetual Emergencies
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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.
The WHO Takes Another Step Towards the Pit
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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.
Tedros Must Face Reality
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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.
Pandemics: The Healthcare Dilemma of Our Time
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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.
Journey through an Exposed America
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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.
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.