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[PREMIERING 7:00PM ET] Why WHO Believes Fighting ‘Disinformation’ Is Key in Next Pandemic

The World Health Organization is now working to get global authority to manage pandemics. And in their new guidelines on the “Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats,” the infodemic is back. It states that as a form of “community protection,” it needs a form of “infodemic management,” as well as “collaborative surveillance.” It states, “Infodemic…


Why WHO Believes Fighting ‘Disinformation’ Is Key in Next Pandemic

The World Health Organization is now working to get global authority to manage pandemics. And in their new guidelines on the “Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats,” the infodemic is back. It states that as a form of “community protection,” it needs a form of “infodemic management,” as well as “collaborative surveillance.” It states, “Infodemic…


Ontario Doctor With Contrarian Views on Pandemic Policy Permanently Loses Medical Licence

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) has permanently suspended the medical licence of Dr. Patrick Brian Phillips after its discipline tribunal found that he was “incompetent” and undermined Canada’s public health response to COVID-19. “We are dismayed by the deliberate steps you took to undermine the public health response to the COVID-19…


3 Years With COVID-19: The Real Story and Its Connection to the Erosion of Democracy

In Pieter Bruegel’s painting “Landscape With the Fall of Icarus,” the canvas is dominated by workers going about their daily routines. A person looking at the painting must strain to find the legs of Icarus as he plunges into the sea—having flown too close to the sun—resulting in the melting of his wings, made of…


COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha Leaving White House

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha is leaving the Biden administration to return to his previous role at a university. Jha, who succeeded Jeff Zients as the White House COVID-19 response coordinator in March 2022, will return to his former role as Dean at the Brown University School of Public Health on July 1, the school…


Inflation, Biden Regulations, Are Making Life Hard, Small Business Owners Say

Small business owners are calling on Congress to address inflation by easing business regulations and taxes. They say Biden administration policies show disdain for small businesses. Silvia Lee, executive vice president, and Chief Lending Officer for First Community Bank in Corpus Christi, Texas, said a commercial customer told her he felt targeted. “He mentioned that…


Australia Signs Deal With US to Accelerate Vaccine Development

Queensland is hoping to create home-grown vaccines and become a major international vaccine hub after a partnership was announced at an international biotech conference in the U.S. on June 7. The partnership between the University of Queensland (UQ) and Emory University in Atlanta would make Queensland a centre for the Asia Pacific region, and a significant player…


WHO Pandemic Treaty Is a Threat to Liberty

Commentary Critics of a proposed pandemic treaty say it would cede U.S. autonomy to the China-led World Health Organization (WHO). Mainstream media say it would not. Since February 2022, WHO members have been working on a pandemic response accord that would exist under the Constitution of the World Health Organization. The draft accord will be…


Number of Unruly Airline Passengers Surged in Wake of Pandemic: IATA

The number of “unruly passenger incidents” onboard flights rose in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing by nearly 40 percent year-on-year in 2022, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). In a report published on June 4, IATA said that the latest data show there was approximately one “unruly incident” reported for every 568 flights in…


Retracted COVID-19 Papers Cited 7 Times per Paper

An Australian investigation into COVID-19 research found that among the more than 270,000 papers that have been published since the start of the pandemic, 212 retracted papers were cited 2,697 times, with a median of seven times per paper. Publishing processes were often compromised with COVID-19, according to the co-author of the investigation and director…