The 10 Chilling Laws of Pandemics

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The 10 Chilling Laws of Pandemics

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We’re stumbling blindly through a dangerous present towards an even grimmer future.

Andrew Nikiforuk 24 Nov 2023 The Tyee

Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.

(Protesters stand outside on a grey day. A man in a fur hat holds a sign that says 'Trudeau is the emergency' and 'Crime Minister.' ‘Pandemics spawn irrational movements for rational reasons.... Canada’s truckers’ convoy was not an aberration.’ Photo by Jason Franson, the Canadian Press.)

“Pandemics are not slain like mythical dragons. They retreat, perhaps only temporarily, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction and an anxious population.” — Brian Jenkins

The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, an institutional offshoot of the dysfunctional World Health Organization and its equally wonky partner the World Bank, recently declared the obvious: the world is not ready for the next pandemic.

How shocking. But there is more. In a jargon-filled 47-page report, the board admitted that “the world’s capacity to deal with a potential new pandemic threat remains inadequate,” due to lack of funds and monitoring.

The bureaucrats then acknowledged another intemperate reality. “We live in a world of polycrises and cascading risks, made worse by a negative spiral of geopolitical division and multi-layered mistrust.” . . . . "

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