Unilateral Dictator?

By RALPH FUCETOLA, OPEN SOURCE TRUTH

We’ve reported on the unilateral declaration of a “Mon(k)ey pox” world health emergency two days ago by the General Secretary of the WHO, Tedesco.

He did so against the advice of the scientific committee that was supposed to advise him.  Read about that here:  http://www.opensourcetruth.com/who-pheicd-us/

We previously reported about the efforts to amend the International Health Regulations giving that power to the General Secretary.  WHO did not bother to wait for empowering regulations.  It simply seized power.  Read about that here:

Why did the committee refuse to recommend declaring an emergency? Because there is no emergency.

Here is a report from the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) showing just that.

Background: Before April 2022, monkeypox virus infection in humans was seldom reported outside African regions where it is endemic. Currently, cases are occurring worldwide. Transmission, risk factors, clinical presentation, and outcomes of infection are poorly defined. . . .

Results:  We report 528 infections diagnosed between April 27 and June 24, 2022, at 43 sites in 16 countries. Overall, 98% of the persons with infection were gay or bisexual men, 75% were White, and 41% had human immunodeficiency virus infection; the median age was 38 years. Transmission was suspected to have occurred through sexual activity in 95% of the persons with infection. In this case series, 95% of the persons presented with a rash (with 64% having <10 lesions), 73% had anogenital lesions, and 41% had mucosal lesions (with 54 having a single genital lesion). Common systemic features preceding the rash included fever (62%), lethargy (41%), myalgia (31%), and headache (27%); lymphadenopathy was also common (reported in 56%). Concomitant sexually transmitted infections were reported in 109 of 377 persons (29%) who were tested. Among the 23 persons with a clear exposure history, the median incubation period was 7 days (range, 3 to 20). Monkeypox virus DNA was detected in 29 of the 32 persons in whom seminal fluid was analyzed. Antiviral treatment was given to 5% of the persons overall, and 70 (13%) were hospitalized; the reasons for hospitalization were pain management, mostly for severe anorectal pain (21 persons); soft-tissue superinfection (18); pharyngitis limiting oral intake (5); eye lesions (2); acute kidney injury (2); myocarditis (2); and infection-control purposes (13). No deaths were reported. — https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2207323

“No deaths were reported” gives the lie to the WHO power-grab.