Of the amended International Health Regulations articles that were agreed upon and will be put forward for countries to vote on this week, the only one of any real concern relates to the surveillance of citizens to combat misinformation and disinformation.
On Friday, as the International Negotiating Body were admitting that they were unable to reach an agreement on the text of the Pandemic Treaty, corporate media were trying to salvage whatever credibility the World Health Organisation's pandemic plans had left, if any.
One is the Pandemic Treaty, also referred to as the Pandemic Accord, and the other is the amendments to the International Health Regulations.
Regarding the IHR amendments, The New York Times only made one small mention: "The countries are also working on bolstering the WHO's International Health Regulations, which were last revised in 2005 and set detailed rules for countries to follow in the event of an outbreak that may breach borders."
Although much of the urgency around covid has faded since the treaty negotiations began two years ago, public health experts are still acutely aware of the pandemic potential of emerging pathogens, familiar threats like bird flu and mpox, and once-vanquished diseases like smallpox.
"Those of us in public health recognise that another pandemic really could be around the corner," said Loyce Pace, an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, who oversees the negotiations in her role as the United States liaison to the World Health Organisation.
"To be lawful, any procedures to amend the IHR have to be carried out in accordance with legal requirements set out in the IHR itself," the Global Health Responsibility Agency wrote in an open letter to Tedros the Terrorist earlier this year.
https://expose-news.com/2024/05/28/whos-pandemic-treaty-is-dead/
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