After three years of negotiation, the delegates of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) agreed on the text of the Pandemic Agreement, which now goes for vote at the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) at the end of May 2025.
The Pandemic Agreement: Symbolic Consolidation of a New Pandemic Industry Read Journal Article
Do we even need a Surgeon General? That answer is clear. With dozens of health agencies already flooding our federal government, I say we leave the Surgeon General’s seat vacant. We have enough “parenting” going on as it is.
Do We Even Need a Surgeon General? Read Journal Article
Dr. Robert Redfield, who headed the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) during the first year of Covid, said in an interview that vaccine mandates were a bad idea and that lockdowns and school closures were government overreach.
Who Was in Charge of Covid Communications? Read Journal Article
In a rare confluence, Canada, Britain, and Australia held elections within a week of one another, although in Britain’s case, these were local elections in England. Yet England’s local elections may turn out to be the most consequential.
Elections in Canada, England, and Australia Read Journal Article
Last week, my non-profit liber-net unveiled a new database of U.S. government awards to mis-dis-and-malinformation (MDM) and other content control initiatives. A previous Network Affects post broke down where that money came from. This one details where the money went.
Where the Money Went: USG Funding to Counter-Mis/Disinformation Initiatives Read Journal Article
The language continues to contradict previous WHO understanding and public health norms, promoting whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches rather than proportionate measures that minimize long-term harm, and ignores the basic policy requirement of considering any resource allocations against other competing priorities.
Commentary on the WHO’s Draft Pandemic Agreement: Pointless Verbiage Read Journal Article
It’s never as easy as “blame” or “fault” or stringing up the bad guy, and then we can all go home. This is a policy and system problem, which is way bigger than any one individual in that system.
Why California Matters Read Journal Article
Trump’s instinct may well be right that globalisation had shifted the trading balance to America’s net disadvantage, and the new equilibrium that settles after his rupture of the existing world trading order will reposition the US to recover lost ground.
Making Sense of Trump’s Tariffs Read Journal Article
It is my hope that one day soon our nation will wise up enough to do the heavy lifting which is required to reclaim what is rightfully ours, and what is absolutely a word unto itself – Freedom.
Is “Freedom” a Non-Word? Read Journal Article
Bessent announced that Trump will be “doubling down” on supporting the largest foreign aid gushers on earth. “Far from stepping back, ‘America First’ seeks to expand U.S. leadership in international institutions like the I.M.F. and World Bank,” Bessent declared.
IMF and World Bank: Crony Covid Crackdown Enablers Read Journal Article
The hope is that erosion of trust will catch up with the global health industry and too few countries will ratify this treaty. To fix the underlying problem, we need to rethink the whole approach to cooperation in international health.
The False Claims of WHO’s Pandemic Agreement Read Journal Article
Why were Fauci and his cohorts anxious to blame SARS-CoV-2 on bats and pangolins? It was not just to deflect attention from the possibility that the virus leaked. There was a larger point: to reinforce a narrative concerning zoonotic spillovers.
The Great Spillover Hoax Read Journal Article
