For the first time in 30 years the number of people in extreme poverty globally, is rising. Extreme poverty, as defined by the World Bank, entails surviving on less than $1.90 a day. The consequences of the global shutdown on global poverty are causing problems that will result in many deaths. We should be […]
Deputy Michael McNamara has shed renewed light on the manner in which many countries, including Ireland, are counting Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
10th of March 2020 – The Minister for Foreign Affairs appears on Morning Ireland. Gavin Jennings: “It looks like there are two choices – lock everything down before thousands become infected, or lock everything down after thousands become infected, like what’s happened in Italy. Why are we waiting to make more moves here? Simon Coveney: […]
YouTube has taken down a video discussion with Professor Karol Sikora, who headed the WHO’s Cancer Program between 1997 and 1999 and who currently leads the University of Buckingham’s medical school, in which the Professor discussed the appropriate response to Covid-19. In the interview Professor Sikora talked about herd immunity, and said he estimated up […]
62 nations have come together to co-sponsor a motion calling for an independent inquiry into the coronavirus, in a move that is expected to anger China. Australia secured strong global backing for an independent inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic at the World Health Assembly, where a new draft resolution was backed by 62 nations including […]
YouTubers are being silenced if they don’t agree with the United Nations on public health. As The Verdict reports: YouTube will ban any content containing medical advice that contradicts World Health Organisation (WHO) coronavirus recommendations, according to CEO Susan Wojcicki. Wojcicki announced the policy on CNN on Sunday. WHO is an agency of the UN, charged with […]
Peadar Tóibín TD has said that that the lockdown, which he says is taking a heavy toll on many people as well as on the economy, will be made longer and more damaging by the government’s poor handling of testing. The Aontú leader severely criticized the government over what he described as “Testing Dysfunction” “There […]
‘Every dollar sent to WHO is a dollar likely wasted in bloated overhead expenditure’. Tim Andrews of IGO Watch tells Ben Scallan we need an alternative to the WHO. IGO Watch is a coalition of individuals and groups demanding more accountability and transparency from global bureaucracies. See the Full Interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/tGvWywEfTtA #gript
“Anything that would go against World Health Organization recommendations would be a violation of our policy.” – YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki.
The book of Leviticus might seem to have little to offer by way of guidance to 21st century life. But there is one particular prohibition which might make us re-consider its relevance at this particular time. In Leviticus,Chapter 11, there is a long list of winged creatures that are described as ‘unclean and not to eat’ […]
Remember, it’s not his own money Simon Coveney is spending here, it’s yours: #Ireland strongly supports @WHO in efforts to coordinate a global response to combat #COVID19. So many countries rely on @UN expertise and capacity to save lives. Ireland is quadrupling our normal annual financial contribution to @WHO for 2020 to €9.5 million. — […]
Because reactions to the President of the United States are so polarised along culture war lines, the reaction to his announcement the day before yesterday that he would seek to suspend US funding of the world health organisation has broadly been about exactly what you might expect. “Global Fury”, reports the Irish Times: “Although the […]