by Dr. Colin Alexander, Senior Lecturer in Political Communications, Nottingham Trent University, Twitter: @rubberdoll82
19th July 2021 was informally called ‘freedom day’ in England. Wherein, many of the social restrictions that had been put in place purportedly to curb the…Natural immunity is not – and never was – just a right-wing conspiracy theory
by Dr Jonathan Engler
There was never any reason to expect that “natural immunity” – the protection acquired through infection by SARS-COV-2 – should not be similar to that acquired for other respiratory viruses humankind has come into contact with…Essential Questions to WHO on Pandemic Preparedness and Response
In December 2021, the World Health Assembly established an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft a new international pandemic preparedness instrument, under the Constitution of the World Health Organization. The stated aim of this instrument is ‘strengthening pandemic prevention, preparedness…
Here’s Why a WHO-Led Pandemic Treaty is a Terrible Idea
by Dr David Thunder, republished with permission from The Freedom Blog
The World Health Organisation has proposed that the international community negotiate and eventually ratify an international “accord” or “treaty” that would effectively consolidate the position of the WHO as…Origins and Trajectories of the COVID Phenomenon
by Nick Hudson, edited by Robert Malone
Originally published on Dr Malone’s Substack
The WHO, Pandemic Preparedness, and the Importance of False Messaging
by Dr David Bell
The World Health Organization (WHO), and the growing pandemic preparedness industry sponsoring it, has faced considerable challenges in maintaining support for its COVID-19 response. It has addressed this difficult situation with simple and uniform messaging. The…Data shenanigans as Sweden misleads its public over vaccination-related mortality data
Which other countries are playing the same game?
In December 2021 Norman Fenton, Martin Neil, Clare Craig, Josh Geutzkow, Joel Smalley, Scott McLachlan and Jonathan Engler published an article casting doubt on the vaccine efficacy implied by the UK’s official …
June Open Thread (2022)
It’s June already and summer is just around the corner, so you know what that means: it’s time for this month’s open thread!
The post June Open Thread (2022) first appeared on The Corbett Report.
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A picture tells a thousand words: or does it?
This rather beautiful graph was recently tweeted by @EthicalSkeptic.
Some key information from it has been obscured for now to assist with making a particular point.
The graph shows the Covid death rate (ie total Covid-labeled deaths per 100k population …
When evidence and dogma diverge: The sad decline of our esteemed medical journals
by Dr David Bell
There was a time when medical publishing went beyond advertising and attempted to uphold the value of objectivity and evidence. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) was an example of such. JAMA has also…Suppressing Scientific Discourse on Vaccines? Self-perceptions of Researchers and Practitioners
by Josh Guetzkow, republished with permission from his Substack, Jackanapes Junction In late 2019, I joined two other Israeli criminologists and a health risk communications expert in a research project to study the suppression of scientific dissent around the topic…
Suppressing Scientific Discourse on Vaccines? Self-perceptions of Researchers and Practitioners
by Josh Guetzkow, republished with permission from his Substack, Jackanapes Junction In late 2019, I joined two other Israeli criminologists and a health risk communications expert in a research project to study the suppression of scientific dissent around the topic…
The WHO power grab, what’s it all about and what can I do about it?
Many readers may have heard a lot of concern being raised about “the new pandemic treaty” being proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO).
A lot of hot air is in fact circulating, and this article is designed to guide …
Musk’s Acquisition of Twitter Is a Step in the Right Direction for Freedom of Speech
by David Thunder, The Freedom Blog. Re-published with permission.
The acquisition of Twitter by entrepreneur and business magnate Elon Musk for the handsome sum of $44 billion will almost certainly have far-reaching consequences for the way the global public sphere…The New Global Health: Doing Good by Hammering the Poor
by David Bell
“Doing good” on a global scale has never been so popular, and never more profitable. The public-private partnerships that now dominate the global public health industry have generously over-performed since early 2020, enriching private and corporate donors…