‘Before the end of the year?’ The WHO ignored its own rules and blew through its own deadline (Article 55(2)), and the proposed text does not propose a timeline or reference adherence to that Article.
Assuming a WHA meeting in the end of December, an Article 55 4-month reading time backs the fina…
‘Before the end of the year?’ The WHO ignored its own rules and blew through its own deadline (Article 55(2)), and the proposed text does not propose a timeline or reference adherence to that Article.
Assuming a WHA meeting in the end of December, an Article 55 4-month reading time backs the finalization of the many, many Amendments up to the end of September. Biden may not be re-elected, but the next President will inherit it.
The proposal allows for binding legal elements (see my last para and Trump’s comment).
It invokes ‘equity,’ which connotes massive $/tech/know-how transfer.
Curiously, the African group doesn’t seem to understand the grim side of the Treaty and Amendments or the ghastly side of the technology, though they seem to grasp how to bargain for investment and the ability to profit as Ph4rma has. Good grief, there are mass demonstrations in some countries. Though I see a recent gushing post from Ms. Pace about sharing how to set up Western-style hospitals, the big money was in mRNA, and they know it. Sharing either one is not a blessing but a curse given what was done with it during the Pandemic; sharing those is like giving up nuclear weapons technology, know-how, and funding it to boot. Hey, that would be equitable? Yes?
None of the U.S. delegates are doctors; Xavier Becerra is a lawyer and politician; the never-confirmed nominee was the U.S. Surgeon General. This is a mess.
I think this is a negotiation stratagem: seize the visibility of the WHA and give tired people some feel-good verbiage. Some distraction away from the failure of WHO leadership (in return for some big favor from the Director-General, no doubt).
Had the proposal been to table discussion and negotiation for 2024, let nations digest, and re-consider in WHA 78, then I’d feel like there were adults at work.
And most importantly, now that I have that off my chest, thank you, Dr. Nass, for your tireless advocacy and news-sharing. Without you and others we would be in the dark.
Ummm. No. Not encouraged at all. Too fuzzy:
‘Before the end of the year?’ The WHO ignored its own rules and blew through its own deadline (Article 55(2)), and the proposed text does not propose a timeline or reference adherence to that Article.
Assuming a WHA meeting in the end of December, an Article 55 4-month reading time backs the finalization of the many, many Amendments up to the end of September. Biden may not be re-elected, but the next President will inherit it.
The proposal allows for binding legal elements (see my last para and Trump’s comment).
It invokes ‘equity,’ which connotes massive $/tech/know-how transfer.
Curiously, the African group doesn’t seem to understand the grim side of the Treaty and Amendments or the ghastly side of the technology, though they seem to grasp how to bargain for investment and the ability to profit as Ph4rma has. Good grief, there are mass demonstrations in some countries. Though I see a recent gushing post from Ms. Pace about sharing how to set up Western-style hospitals, the big money was in mRNA, and they know it. Sharing either one is not a blessing but a curse given what was done with it during the Pandemic; sharing those is like giving up nuclear weapons technology, know-how, and funding it to boot. Hey, that would be equitable? Yes?
None of the U.S. delegates are doctors; Xavier Becerra is a lawyer and politician; the never-confirmed nominee was the U.S. Surgeon General. This is a mess.
I think this is a negotiation stratagem: seize the visibility of the WHA and give tired people some feel-good verbiage. Some distraction away from the failure of WHO leadership (in return for some big favor from the Director-General, no doubt).
Had the proposal been to table discussion and negotiation for 2024, let nations digest, and re-consider in WHA 78, then I’d feel like there were adults at work.
Sorry. My 2 cents.
And most importantly, now that I have that off my chest, thank you, Dr. Nass, for your tireless advocacy and news-sharing. Without you and others we would be in the dark.