The WEF does not have an electoral mandate, and none of us have any opportunity to influence its judgments. Yet, it is working in partnership with our governments, the United Nations, and various G3P stakeholders to redesign the planet.
G3P: Global Public-Private Partnerships and the UN Read Journal Article
The past two decades have witnessed the increasing divergence of two schools of thought within global public health. The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent pandemic preparedness and response (PPR) agenda have brought these to a level of vitriol, dividing the public health community. Health is a basic human need, and fear of ill health is a powerful tool for changing human behavior. Ensuring the integrity of public health policy is therefore critical for a well-functioning society.
A Reevaluation of the Pandemic Preparedness and Response Agenda Read Journal Article
Two years into the Covid-19 event, there are no excuses left for perpetuating these harms, no possibility of denying their existence. It is past time that the staff, and staff associations, of international organizations found the spine to stand for the populations they claimed to serve, and demand that their organizations adhere to basic public health principles.
Doing Good by Hammering the Poor Read Journal Article
By globally synchronizing the public health response across the United Nations member states, new powers were granted to the UN and its organizations at the cost of national sovereignty. These universally applied regulations and multilateral agreements have given birth to an enlarged, globalized administrative state.
Pandemics as a Catalyst for a New World Order Read Journal Article
The clearly arbitrary and capricious US Government and WHO mismanagement and over reaction to the COVIDcrisis, to Monkeypox, and to many other infectious disease outbreaks in the past demonstrate that neither US nor WHO have the organizational maturity and capabilities to merit conceding Mexican public health sovereignty to these organizations.
Testimony to the Senate of the Republic of Mexico Read Journal Article
These proposed rules and structures, if adopted, would fundamentally change international public health, moving the center of gravity from common endemic diseases to relatively rare outbreaks of new pathogens, and building an industry around it that will potentially be self-perpetuating.
A Primer on the WHO, the Treaty, and its Plans for Pandemic Preparedness Read Journal Article
Seeing public health institutions as the neocolonialist instruments they have become, and understanding what drives those within them, is essential for progress. A future world that is healthier is still possible, but the public health momentum is clearly pointed elsewhere.
International Public Health: Revival of the Colonialist Agenda Read Journal Article
Much of society’s future will be determined by the motivations and integrity of the public health institutions and their workforce. A lot of humility will be required, but this has always been the case. The world will have to watch and see whether those in the field have the courage and integrity to do their job.
Ten Principles of Public Health that Could Save Society Read Journal Article
On January 20th, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order “withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization.” The US will “cease” negotiations on the WHO Pandemic Agreement and the International Health Regulations.
The State of Pandemic Preparedness, the WHO, and the US Withdrawal Read Journal Article
One can confidently predict that the rhetoric will continue, and more “soft laws” ─ UN declarations, strategies, plans-of-action, and agendas ─ will complement the existing “hard laws” of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Protocols.
The UN Smothers the Peoples with Compassion Read Journal Article
