4 min read by Dr David Bell | Has healthcare been stolen? As a resident of the West, I try to make sense from afar. If public health policy in African countries is to prioritize the people of Africa, then African expertise will have to form it free of the webs of neo-colonial intent.
< 1 min read A false narrative about Covid has supported ineffective and highly destructive policies leading to the evisceration of individual rights, democracy and the rule of law in the name of a disease that presents negligible risk to most of the population. Virtually every element of the response has not been based on good science and the data prove that wherever you look.
12 min read A false narrative about Covid has supported ineffective and highly destructive policies leading to the evisceration of individual rights, democracy and the rule of law in the name of a disease that presents negligible risk to most of the population.
4 min read COVAX looks set to continue the remarkable spate of destruction to livelihoods, human rights and future health prospects resulting from lockdowns against COVID-19 across much of the globe.
< 1 min read The Public Emergency Council is a spontaneous initiative of doctors and researchers who felt that it was no longer possible to remain silent in the face of the outgoing government’s steps to contain the COVID- 19 pandemic.
2 min read WHO has become increasingly dependent on private foundations and pharmaceutical companies for funding. As that influence has grown, the balance of power has shifted WHO from being a global institution which aims to provide access to good health for all, regardless of socioeconomic status.
4 min read The UK has a pandemic plan. It reflects the democratic traditions of the nation, recognising that an informed and empowered public will voluntarily take action to protect themselves, their families and communities during a pandemic. Faced with SARS-CoV-2, the UK, along with most other countries and the World Health Organisation, discarded years of pandemic planning.
10 min read At stake is a crucial aspect of free speech. Though the Daily Maverick may consider PANDA’s speech inconvenient, it certainly does not constitute hate speech or defamation – two accepted limitations on free speech. The clear intention of the Daily Maverick article is to silence PANDA’s voice. Publishing personal information about selected members and their employers knowing that it was irrelevant to the topic of the article can have had no other purpose.
4 min read What is stopping you from asking for the proof. The science. The facts behind the screams that are telling you that you are not safe unless you stay away from people. That you must wear masks even if you feel completely well.
3 min read Whatever we think about lockdowns, one thing is clear. None of us want Grandma (or anyone else for that matter) to die. Whether we are pro-lockdown or anti-lockdown, we are also all fractured and afraid.
