Despite a retreat from the egregious overreach seen in earlier drafts, the WHO's proposed Pandemic Accords will still give the WHO control over how future pandemics are managed, warns campaign group UsForThem.
The just-released draft of the International Health Regulations amendments from the WHO Working Group shows a massive climbdown in almost all areas of concern, according to UsForThem.
People are living longer and healthier lives than ever. But the WHO wants doctors and nurses to claim that the opposite is true, because climate change. And worse than that, its new toolkit tells them not to debate.
The WHO is pushing through the Pandemic Agreement and IHR amendments unlawfully as the key deadline to publish the drafts ahead of the World Health Assembly has passed, says Dr David Bell.
Imagine a risk-free business scheme in which you get to create the market, manage its regulation, then confine people to their homes until they buy it. Welcome to the WHO's world of pandemic management, says Dr David Bell.
If you had been given a job contract, would you not read it before signing? Of course. So why won't the Government tell us what the WHO wants us to sign up to in its new Pandemic Agreement?
The World Health Organisation is gearing up to persuade the world's governments to sign a new pandemic treaty that would allow the unelected body to seize power over nation states in future pandemics, warns Matt Ridley.
Dr David Bell and Dr Thi Thuy Van dissect the WHO's proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations, casting doubt on their necessity and effectiveness, and impact on vital health resources.
With the world turning full-circle, post-World War Two concepts of human rights, equality and local agency are exiting the international stage. The WHO's 'vaccine equity' is veiled colonialism, says Dr David Bell.
The WHO Pandemic Agreement has worried many, and justifiably so, as it further empowers the WHO and the whole pandemic preparedness crowd. But what it proposes is also really stupid, says Eugyppius.
