The commission members appear convinced that lockdowns and mass vaccination were a net benefit, but It also appears that in two years of consultation they have not considered the alternative. The loss of decades of progress on infectious disease, human rights, and poverty reduction caused by lockdowns has not given sufficient pause for thought.
A Critique of The Lancet COVID-19 Commission Continue Reading
The failure of public health authorities to honestly appraise a series of historic failures shows why they were so ill-suited to the task. Perhaps they do not have the skills to analyze, execute, learn, and course correct. Or maybe the institutions – from the FDA and CDC to local and state health departments to medical schools – lack some kind of organizational fortitude or resistance to groupthink.
Dr. Frieden’s Follies Continue Reading
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Western imperialism dispossessed the peoples of Africa of huge tracts of land through treaties that it made them sign under duress or deception. For example, the Anglo-Maasai treaties of 1904 and 1911 obligated the Maasai to relocate to reserves in Laikipia and Loita plains. In this way, the British colonisers moved the Maasai away from their own ancestral lands for exclusive occupation by European settlers. We the peoples of Africa must now guard our health sovereignty with all that we have against recolonisation by demanding that no international legal instrument violates our right to sovereignty in its multiple dimensions, public health included.
Which Way, Africa? Continue Reading
Federal health agencies have had more blunders than practically anyone expected during this pandemic. The least that Uncle Sam can do is get out of the way of private efforts to help Americans recognize the risks in their own lives.
A Short History of the Testing Debacle Continue Reading
Even if confirmed as NIH director, you won’t see Jay spiking the ball. I can already imagine him caring about the bigger institution of science that benefits from evidence collection, bold analyses, and diverse views being shared and professionally examined.
The Grace of Dr. Jay Continue Reading
This table describes the conglomerate I believe was in charge – the Biodefense GPPP – including its numerous, world-encompassing components. The table shows how the biodefense complex scales up from national to international components. This is true not just in the U.S.
In Holland and Germany, Pandemic Response Was Biodefense, Not Public Health Continue Reading
The truth is that most people don’t particularly want to know what’s gone into these policies that they supported at least at some point, and for which they feel a little bit responsible.
How the Sausage Gets Made Continue Reading
It’s absolutely never that you will meet another human with whom you have everything in common, and agree on every topic. The important part is finding common ground. And it turns out that right now, the most important common ground I can think of is medical freedom, and bodily autonomy, which has landed me in the midst of a fascinating movement that is more diverse than any community of which I have ever been a part.
Defeat the Mandates LA: A Report Continue Reading
Despite the protestations of certain officials, the state’s death rate has NOT returned to “pre-Covid” levels – in 2019 the year before the pandemic, 270,000 people died with a population at least 400,000 greater than today. Why?
Why are so Many Californians Dying? Continue Reading
Contingency plans involved martial law, not nationalization of hospitals. The first White House official to advocate for overturning American society was not Anthony Fauci; it was Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger. The military apparatus overthrew the civilian government.
Covid Response at Five Years: The Role of the Military Continue Reading
