World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world must prepare for a potential “human bird flu pandemic.”
A H5N1 avian strain has reportedly jumped to mammals, according to the WHO.
World Health Organization warns the world must prepare for a potential "human bird flu pandemic."
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“Over the past few weeks, there have been several reports of mammals, including minks, otters, foxes and sea lions, having been infected with H5N1 avian influenza,” Ghebreyesus said.
“The recent spillover to mammals needs to be monitored closely. For the moment, WHO assesses the risk to humans as low.”
“WHO is also continuing to engage with manufacturers to make sure that if needed supplies of vaccines and antivirals will be available for global use,” Ghebreyesus added.
WATCH:
NEW – WHO's Tedros says we "must prepare" for a potential H5N1 human bird flu pandemic. pic.twitter.com/4Y3asCMN9S
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Daily Mail reported:
It comes after the UK reported that its biggest-ever avian influenza outbreak had spilled over to mammals. There was also an outbreak among mink in North West Spain reported last month.
H5N1 has previously been detected in people, but cases have been sporadic and closely linked to close contact with infected dead or live birds.
The virus does not infect humans easily or other mammals.
But reports of infections in mammals have raised concerns that the pathogen could gain mutations that make it easier for the virus to jump to humans, helping it to clear the biggest hurdle that has stopped it from sweeping the world.
Leading experts previously warned that the spread of bird flu poses a global risk until it is brought under control.
The US has faced a major outbreak of bird flu this year, with more than 58million poultry affected across nearly every state in the country and 6,100 in wild birds — approaching record levels for the country.
Experts have warned that outbreaks among mink could lead to a recombination event — when two viruses switch genetic material to make a new hybrid.
A similar process is thought to have caused the global 2009 swine flu crisis that infected millions across the planet.
We must also keep our eyes on the WHO as they prepare amendments to International Health Regulations and the Pandemic Treaty.
The amendments are being voted on in May.
Keep your eyes on the WHO!
Danger ahead. WHO is currently working on the amendments to International Health Regulations and the Pandemic Treaty that will EXPAND their powers and role in declared health emergencies and pandemics.
https://t.co/ARH0vc2Q5o— Dr. Kat Lindley (@KLVeritas) February 1, 2023
2/ This sort of corporate over-reach & public theft (i.e. taking money from others under false pretenses) will accelerate the inequality, human rights abuses & poverty of the Covid response.
Elected representatives can stop it.
So can refusal to comply with wrong.
— David Bell (@bell00david) February 7, 2023
From Brownstone Institute:
Major amendments proposed for the IHR
The amendments to the IHR are intended to fundamentally change the relationship between individuals, their country’s governments, and the WHO. They place the WHO as having rights overriding that of individuals, erasing the basic principles developed after World War Two regarding human rights and the sovereignty of States. In doing so, they signal a return to a colonialist and feudalist approach fundamentally different to that to which people in relatively democratic countries have become accustomed. The lack of major pushback by politicians and the lack of concern in the media and consequent ignorance of the general public is therefore both strange and alarming.
Aspects of the amendments involving the largest changes to the workings of society and international relations are discussed below. Following this are annotated extracts from the WHO document (REF). Provided on the WHO website, it is currently under a process of revision to address obvious grammatical errors and improve clarity.
Resetting international human rights to a former, authoritarian model
The Universal Declaration on Human Rights, agreed by the UN in the aftermath of World War Two and in the context of much of the world emerging from a colonialist yoke, is predicated on the concept that all humans are born with equal and inalienable rights, gained by the simple fact that they are born. In 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was intended to codify these, to prevent a return to inequality and totalitarian rule. The equality of all individuals is expressed in Article 7:
“All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.”
This understanding underpins the WHO constitution, and forms a basis for the modern international human rights movement and international human rights law.
The concept of States being representative of their people, and having sovereignty over territory and the laws by which their people were governed, was closely allied with this. As peoples emerged from colonialism, they would assert their authority as independent entities within boundaries that they would control. International agreements, including the existing IHR, reflected this. The WHO and other international agencies would play a supportive role and give advice, not instructions.
The proposed IHR amendments reverse these understandings. The WHO proposes that the term ‘with full respect for the dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons’ be deleted from the text, replacing them with ‘equity, coherence, inclusivity,’ vague terms the applications of which are then specifically differentiated in the text according to levels of social and economic development. The underlying equality of individuals is removed, and rights become subject to a status determined by others based on a set of criteria that they define. This entirely upends the prior understanding of the relationship of all individuals with authority, at least in non-totalitarian states.
It is a totalitarian approach to society, within which individuals may act only on the sufferance of others who wield power outside of legal sanction; specifically a feudal relationship, or one of monarch-subject without an intervening constitution. It is difficult to imagine a greater issue facing society, yet the media that is calling for reparations for past slavery is silent on a proposed international agreement consistent with its reimposition.
Biden recently said the COVID-19 emergency would end May 11th.
NEW – Biden says the "COVID emergency" will end "when the Supreme Court ends it."
"We’ve extended to May the 11th to make sure we get everything done," Biden added. pic.twitter.com/QfNKmKuSS4
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