Tag Archives: WHO

Posted Without Comment

Posted on September 29, 2020 by the archivist

Posted without comment. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54328466 The Welsh Government plans to ban smoking in playgrounds by March. Smoking on the touchlines at children’s football matches is being banned by the Football Association of Wales. Health Minister Vaughan Gething praised the ban by … Continue reading →

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Strange Times

Posted on August 25, 2020 by the archivist

It’s all rather surreal. Tucker Carlson: WHO director Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “The Covid-19 pandemic has given new impetus to the need to accelerate efforts to respond to climate change.” What the hell has Covid-19 got to do with climate … Continue reading →

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Scares and Counter-Scares

Posted on August 23, 2020 by the archivist

James Delingpole: Unless you live somewhere enlightened like Sweden, you’ll have had personal experience of this authoritarian lunacy – compulsory masks, extended quarantines, and so on. To anyone familiar with the nature of the pandemic it seems as if the … Continue reading →

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Complete Contempt

Posted on August 9, 2020 by the archivist

Something Rose drew attention to: WHO LAUNCHES PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY TO HELP SMOKERS QUIT Read that again:To help smokers quit. They do it to help smokers quit. That’s their moral justification. They’re helping people. They’re helping people do … Continue reading →

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High Tide of the WHO?

Posted on May 21, 2020 by the archivist

BBC US President Donald Trump has said he is going to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) because it has “failed in its basic duty” in its response to the coronavirus outbreak. He accused the UN agency of … Continue reading →

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Seven Weeks

Posted on February 12, 2020 by the archivist

Still no deaths on the Diamond Princess, 24 days after the 80-year-old man boarded the ship, 10 days after he became the first nCoV case. The passengers are pretty elderly: As of last Wednesday, about 80 percent of the 2,666 … Continue reading →

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Before and After-Smoke

Posted on February 4, 2020 by the archivist

Daily Mail: Cigarette butts still emit harmful chemicals for at least a week after they have been stubbed out, experts have found. Researchers warn ‘after smoke’ could damage health due to the ‘significant’ level of airborne nicotine coming from butts. … Continue reading →

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Mounting Chaos In China

Posted on January 27, 2020 by the archivist

This is the right spirit: Driver hits 111mph on M58 then pulls over on hard shoulder for a cigarette Give that man a medal.  He’s clearly made of the right stuff. I did much the same thing on my way … Continue reading →

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How Long Before They Drag in Global Warming?

Posted on January 26, 2020 by the archivist

I was wondering how long it was going to take before the Coronavirus epidemic got linked to Global Warming and Brexit. Not very long at all. Today’s Observer editorial: From the spread of zoonotic viruses to the growing threat of … Continue reading →

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Them and Us

Posted on December 31, 2019 by the archivist

Yesterday I posted without comment a partial transcript of Martin Durkin’s remarks during a Spiked! discussion. Today I’ll add a few of my own comments. I think the main thing that stood out for me was the suggestion that there … Continue reading →

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