1. How can we end the COVID-19 pandemic (again)?
A thread for a human without bat immune system.
A thread for a human without bat immune system.
https://twitter.com/RealCheckMarker/status/1624061828035760133
2. One way to end the pandemic is to declare its end.
At its 27 January 2023 meeting, the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) Emergency Committee found that COVID-19 still constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). who.int/news/item/30-0…
At its 27 January 2023 meeting, the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) Emergency Committee found that COVID-19 still constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). who.int/news/item/30-0…
3. The COVID-19 PHEIC may fall in May 2023 if member states force WHO DG @DrTedros' hand.
Having successfully defunded WHO over many years, members states hold the upper hand over WHO.
(This thread begins to respond to @RealCheckMarker kind prompt here.)
Having successfully defunded WHO over many years, members states hold the upper hand over WHO.
(This thread begins to respond to @RealCheckMarker kind prompt here.)
https://twitter.com/RealCheckMarker/status/1624511770973839360
4. While the legally binding IHR 2005 framework is fit for purpose in 'blackletter' law, COVID-19 raises fundamental questions that we have not yet taken stock of comprehensively. Start with this 2020 (!) article.
What stands out?
who.int/publications/i…
brill.com/view/journals/…
What stands out?
who.int/publications/i…
brill.com/view/journals/…
5. Lawyers will end the pandemic. Yet they cannot even start until the nature and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 are understood worldwide.
This is why I focus on scicomm and the basics.
We need to integrate the relevant fields of knowledge if no one else cares to, here science and law.
This is why I focus on scicomm and the basics.
We need to integrate the relevant fields of knowledge if no one else cares to, here science and law.
6. Take this thread and question by @TRyanGregory @RealCheckMarker. Why did no one ask why Canada stands out?
In every state, NOW is a good time to help your lawmakers understand how unmitigated SARS-CoV-2 threatens their priorities and national interest.
In every state, NOW is a good time to help your lawmakers understand how unmitigated SARS-CoV-2 threatens their priorities and national interest.
https://twitter.com/RealCheckMarker/status/1621786575909552128
@TRyanGregory @RealCheckMarker 7. How does SARS threaten us?
—Take influenza. "Let 'er R.I.P." policy would be horrific, BUT it would end itself unless #H5N1 gains SARS-CoV-2's Orf3.
—The fundamental assumption of current policy *worldwide* is SARS behaves like influenza.
It doesn't.
—Take influenza. "Let 'er R.I.P." policy would be horrific, BUT it would end itself unless #H5N1 gains SARS-CoV-2's Orf3.
—The fundamental assumption of current policy *worldwide* is SARS behaves like influenza.
It doesn't.
https://twitter.com/RealCheckMarker/status/1624499041915531264
8. What is the tragedy of SARS?
Western virologists and policymakers focused on a vaccine, ignoring that it can't provide lasting protection because persistent SARS infection damages the immune system and allows reinfection.
They seem immune to learning.
Western virologists and policymakers focused on a vaccine, ignoring that it can't provide lasting protection because persistent SARS infection damages the immune system and allows reinfection.
They seem immune to learning.
https://twitter.com/RealCheckMarker/status/1621562890145697795
9. Another way to end the pandemic is to stop transmission.
This needs to suffice for anyone left unaware of the global catastrophe unfolding.
Feel free to ask or DM questions or provide funding for research on real solutions.
Now, for the real tragedy.
This needs to suffice for anyone left unaware of the global catastrophe unfolding.
Feel free to ask or DM questions or provide funding for research on real solutions.
Now, for the real tragedy.
https://twitter.com/RealCheckMarker/status/1624830370804801537
10. How can we end SARS?
Not by 'You do you', 'Swiss cheese model' or 'Flatten the curve' 🤡 These are carricatures of public policy, a western intellectual failure - as you hear only on twitter.
The next step is to spread this knowledge beyond twitter.
Not by 'You do you', 'Swiss cheese model' or 'Flatten the curve' 🤡 These are carricatures of public policy, a western intellectual failure - as you hear only on twitter.
The next step is to spread this knowledge beyond twitter.
https://twitter.com/RealCheckMarker/status/1622721840639578113
11. Why do I make fun of western hubris?
Because we've proven unfit to govern the 21st century.
Today's pandemic challenge: read my thread and convince me the west has not proven a stunning intellectual failure.
Who here follows China's pandemic policy?
Because we've proven unfit to govern the 21st century.
Today's pandemic challenge: read my thread and convince me the west has not proven a stunning intellectual failure.
Who here follows China's pandemic policy?
https://twitter.com/_ppmv/status/1623799753136799749
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