The UK Covid Inquiry seems to be avoiding most of the fundamental questions. A new peer-reviewed paper faces them head on, slamming the global mismanagement of Covid and making recommendations for future outbreaks.
What if the pandemic response was run by national security agencies according to a counterterrorism playbook, rather than by public health agencies, asks Debbie Lerman, author of The Deep State Goes Viral.
The pandemic-obsessed WHO has become actively detrimental to global public health. But what should replace it? Former WHO medic Dr David Bell and former UN Assistant Secretary-General Ramesh Thakur have a proposal.
Dr David Bell and Dr Thi Thuy Van Dinh have written a full commentary on the WHO's new Pandemic Agreement, which is set to be finalised later this month. Read here the definitive guide to this meddlesome treaty.
The problem with blaming Covid and the deadly global response on the WHO is that the pandemic industrial complex is much bigger than the WHO. Leaving it is not enough, says Dr David Bell.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency over a bird flu outbreak in California, saying the move would allow the state to "expedite" its efforts to contain the outbreak.
WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus has been trumpeting cancer vaccines this week, a move that Prof Angus Dalgleish sees as a smokescreen for its incompetence in Covid and the harms of the mRNA vaccines it can no longer hide.
After the WHO's appalling record in Covid and its recent moves towards perma-crisis at the behest of those who profit, many are calling for it to be cancelled. What it needs, argues Dr David Bell, is a major overhaul.
Sweden clearly showed that lockdown wasn't worth it and didn't work, says Daniel Hannan. But how long until people are willing to hear that?
The UK Covid Inquiry, at great expense, has issued recommendations on preparing for the 'next pandemic'. But there is still no call for research into the effectiveness of lockdowns, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson.
