The WHO Pandemic Agreement has worried many, and justifiably so. Covid has taught us all to be wary of people who talk about pandemics, of people who plan for pandemics and above all of people peddling various snake oils and schemes to mitigate pandemics. The prospect of an international treaty to further encourage these evils is in itself very bad, whatever it actually provides for. Pandemics, I will never tire of repeating, are social constructs, and if you don’t want to have them, you should try thinking less about them. Seasonal respiratory viruses in fact represent a comparatively small threat to humanity; it is entirely in our reaction to them that the danger lies.
It is the same type of document as the UN's list of "human rights". The nations that actually care about and believe in the good cause for real will pay greatly to their own detriment to change their ways to be in accordance with the treaty.
Other nations, whose cultural mores aren't in line with the document, will instead use it as leverage to continue to plunder and loot the naive true belibver-signatories.
Remember, the USSR was party to the UN's "human rights" delusion, happily so since it gave them leverage whenever US, UK, Israel or anyone else among their enemies ran rough-shod over said "rights" in the name of some cause or other.
For an example of how important the ethnicity/kultur of a singatory is, look at Italy. All those billions of Euros paid from the rest of the Union to help "save Venice"? Anything to show for it? Nope. Monetary aid to Greece because their inherently corrupted (by Pasok back in their heyday) bureaucracy is incorrigible and it is easier to blame the germans for events 70+ years ago? Hey, why not blame the turks too when you're at it.
And then look at how EU-funds are handled in Finland, Denmark and the Baltic states. Virtually not a cent goes awry. Rules and regs are adhered to even when it cost said nations billion upon billion in net loss to do so, year after year.
Because of culture. Now imagine a global "health concil" with coercive powers under the sway of Saudi Arabia, China and Zimbabwe.
The western nations must - if we are to survive - cut ties with all the old organisations, withdraw all funding, demand full audits and full disclosure including corrupt southern and third world states giving up resources or territory to pay back the trillions swindled since the 1950s, and then we can if we feel the need form new organisations for orderly and public negotiations only.
But no more UN, WHO, WEF, WTF, World Bank and so on. No more. All it has done is made us poorer so that now there are singular US corporations worth more than the german stock market in its entirety.
You read it 5 times? Are you OK? Did you get bored with counting your hair follicles that day? Creating a model of the Eiffel Tower from your toenail clippings not sufficiently entertaining?
It reads like something Kamala Harris wrote : to bring the light of light to strengthen the strength of those who need light and strength to be light and strong with interdependent interconnectedness that only light and strength can bring. Together in togetherness we will be sustainably together in the light of strength.
I am impressed with your dedication and the sacrifice of brain cells that it took to wade through this shit.
“All the jargon is there, all the correct genuflections to the right orthodox concepts, merely with a resolute indifference to communicating anything. “
The drafting of these nonsensical manifestos provides critical jobs to the liberal arts and humanities majors of the world.
'“promote … knowledge translation and evidence-based communication tools … relating to pandemic prevention … including infodemic management.” What the significance of this can be, given that all of our countries are already deeply interested in virus propaganda, is very unclear, and our proposal has no interest in specifying.'
'Infodemic management'. I would be more concerned about this than eugyppius appears to be. It's part and parcel of the sprawling, burgeoning Censorship Industrial Complex, becoming widespread in fields other than virology.
This WHO document reads like an undergraduate thesis lol I'm surprised "showcase" wasn't used repeatedly.
I have a friend who used to say every major institution he was ever a part of was such that once he got a look under the hood, the facade of seriousness and competence was shattered. The idea that the WHO is run by Very Serious People really melts away just from reading this stuff. What a joke.
Eugyppius, this is a good article, but it's only about the Pandemic Agreement I think. I couldn't see any consideration of the IHR amendments, which are in many ways the worst bits. It's in the IHR amendments where states undertake to follow whatever measures the DG 'recommends' in a self-declared public health emergency, as per David Thunder's recent piece https://brownstone.org/articles/governments-must-reject-new-amendments-to-international-health-regulations/.
A piece by you looking at the IHR amendments to complement this piece would be a wonderful contribution.
It's all really just a massive workfare scheme for those credentialled into blithering idiocy, isn't it?
The problem with really, really stupid policy propositions is that they are often enacted.
Eugyppius, you are a hero. Thank you for spending your precious time wading through this guff. You deserve a large drink.
It is the same type of document as the UN's list of "human rights". The nations that actually care about and believe in the good cause for real will pay greatly to their own detriment to change their ways to be in accordance with the treaty.
Other nations, whose cultural mores aren't in line with the document, will instead use it as leverage to continue to plunder and loot the naive true belibver-signatories.
Remember, the USSR was party to the UN's "human rights" delusion, happily so since it gave them leverage whenever US, UK, Israel or anyone else among their enemies ran rough-shod over said "rights" in the name of some cause or other.
For an example of how important the ethnicity/kultur of a singatory is, look at Italy. All those billions of Euros paid from the rest of the Union to help "save Venice"? Anything to show for it? Nope. Monetary aid to Greece because their inherently corrupted (by Pasok back in their heyday) bureaucracy is incorrigible and it is easier to blame the germans for events 70+ years ago? Hey, why not blame the turks too when you're at it.
And then look at how EU-funds are handled in Finland, Denmark and the Baltic states. Virtually not a cent goes awry. Rules and regs are adhered to even when it cost said nations billion upon billion in net loss to do so, year after year.
Because of culture. Now imagine a global "health concil" with coercive powers under the sway of Saudi Arabia, China and Zimbabwe.
The western nations must - if we are to survive - cut ties with all the old organisations, withdraw all funding, demand full audits and full disclosure including corrupt southern and third world states giving up resources or territory to pay back the trillions swindled since the 1950s, and then we can if we feel the need form new organisations for orderly and public negotiations only.
But no more UN, WHO, WEF, WTF, World Bank and so on. No more. All it has done is made us poorer so that now there are singular US corporations worth more than the german stock market in its entirety.
Enough.
The trouble with vague language is that it can be deployed to support the desired interpretation.
I worry about you Eugyppius, mate.
You read it 5 times? Are you OK? Did you get bored with counting your hair follicles that day? Creating a model of the Eiffel Tower from your toenail clippings not sufficiently entertaining?
It reads like something Kamala Harris wrote : to bring the light of light to strengthen the strength of those who need light and strength to be light and strong with interdependent interconnectedness that only light and strength can bring. Together in togetherness we will be sustainably together in the light of strength.
I am impressed with your dedication and the sacrifice of brain cells that it took to wade through this shit.
“All the jargon is there, all the correct genuflections to the right orthodox concepts, merely with a resolute indifference to communicating anything. “
The drafting of these nonsensical manifestos provides critical jobs to the liberal arts and humanities majors of the world.
'“promote … knowledge translation and evidence-based communication tools … relating to pandemic prevention … including infodemic management.” What the significance of this can be, given that all of our countries are already deeply interested in virus propaganda, is very unclear, and our proposal has no interest in specifying.'
'Infodemic management'. I would be more concerned about this than eugyppius appears to be. It's part and parcel of the sprawling, burgeoning Censorship Industrial Complex, becoming widespread in fields other than virology.
This WHO document reads like an undergraduate thesis lol I'm surprised "showcase" wasn't used repeatedly.
I have a friend who used to say every major institution he was ever a part of was such that once he got a look under the hood, the facade of seriousness and competence was shattered. The idea that the WHO is run by Very Serious People really melts away just from reading this stuff. What a joke.
I'm amazed that you could wade through all this Globalist gobbledy gook, and more than once!
The words of course, mean nothing...What it amounts to is, do what we say or we'll imprison or kill you with our latest "vaccine"....
I will step forward and be that someone: they are trying to justify their phony baloney jobs!
The seats these people occupy may not look like sinecures, but that is exactly what they are.
Great post!
"Pandemics, I will never tire of repeating, are social constructs... it is entirely in our reaction to them that the danger lies"
Spot on!
"The WHO worries that it is a problem if we, the rabble, are exposed to " too much information.""
Really?
And just who (WHO), decides how much information is "too much"?
TAFW!
Eugyppius, this is a good article, but it's only about the Pandemic Agreement I think. I couldn't see any consideration of the IHR amendments, which are in many ways the worst bits. It's in the IHR amendments where states undertake to follow whatever measures the DG 'recommends' in a self-declared public health emergency, as per David Thunder's recent piece https://brownstone.org/articles/governments-must-reject-new-amendments-to-international-health-regulations/.
A piece by you looking at the IHR amendments to complement this piece would be a wonderful contribution.
My gut tells me that the "evidence-based communication tools" means barbed wire. Just a hunch ....
Romans 1 & 2
The Apostle Paul in writing to the Greeks & Romans really understood human nature.
It is an eye-opener even in these days.
Thank you, Eugyppius, for your insight also.
It's a power and money grab for Tedros the terrorist and his sugar daddy check writer BillGatesBioTerrorist. Birds of a feather.