Tag: pandemic preparedness

4 Myths About Pandemic Preparedness

Commentary We are assured by the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the G20, and their friends that pandemics pose an existential threat to our survival and well-being. Pandemics are becoming more common, and if we don’t move urgently we will have ourselves to blame for more mass death of the “next pandemic.” The proof of this is the catastrophic…


Sam Bankman-Fried and the Pandemic Industrial Complex

Commentary The collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried and his fraudulent cryptocurrency empire at FTX is news at its most entertaining. Who doesn’t love the story of a bigshot billionaire revealed to be an outright fraud? It’s black-and-white. FTX owes billions in debt and doesn’t actually own a dime of the assets it claimed. Game over. At…


How Money From Gates and FTX Bought Scientific Silence

Commentary Looking back, it’s utterly bizarre how the world of science could have gone so silent even as the world locked down and lives were shattered by the billions by governments the world over. The silence was deafening. We went from a March 2, 2020, letter signed by 800 public health experts associated with Yale…


Australia Commits $50 Million to Global Pandemic Fund

Australia has pledged $50 million (US$33.4 million) to the new Pandemic Fund, a new global fund launched by Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Bali on Nov. 13. The Pandemic Fund, hosted by the World Bank, is the result of global lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic, designed to improve preparedness capabilities for future pandemic threats…


Who Is Driving the Pandemic Express?

Commentary Skeptics of the growing “pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response” (PPR) agenda celebrated recently, heralding a perceived “defeat” of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) controversial amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR). Although the proposed amendments would have undoubtedly expanded the WHO’s powers, this focus on the WHO reflects a narrow view of global health…


Essential Questions to the WHO on Pandemic Preparedness and Response

Commentary The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking public input on the scope of a planned internationally binding pandemic agreement. Before proceeding, however, fundamental questions should be answered on the underlying justification for such an agreement, its potential benefits and harms, and the WHO’s competence for the guiding role. Rather than rushing to address the…


False Messaging Forever: The WHO’s Plan for the Future

Commentary The World Health Organization (WHO), and the growing pandemic preparedness industry sponsoring it, have faced considerable challenges in maintaining support for its COVID-19 response. It has addressed this difficult situation with simple and uniform messaging. The compliance thus achieved by WHO has been vital to the successful wealth concentration of the COVID-19 response, benefiting…


US Mask Manufacturing at Risk Due to Cheap Imports From China

Evidence shows that cheap masks from China have cornered U.S. domestic manufacturers, according to a report by Nikkei Asia.  As a result, industry professionals are now calling on the Biden administration to take immediate action to ensure self-sufficiency over the national security concerns. The American Mask Manufacturer’s Association (AMMA) highlighted to President Joe Biden in an…


Withered Public Health Agency Forced to Scramble on COVID 19, Auditor General Finds

OTTAWA—A withered Public Health Agency of Canada dithered on pandemic preparedness, the federal auditor general has concluded, leaving officials no choice but to scramble to respond to COVID-19. And if such a scramble is to be avoided in the future, auditor general Karen Hogan found, it’s time for an independent review of the eternal Canadian…