Articles tagged Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

WHO says data on COVID booster shots ‘is not conclusive,’ warns of safety issues

‘The need for boosters is not conclusive,’ the World Health Organization's chief scientist said days after the Biden administration announced a booster shot plan.

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• Aug 26, 2021Aug 26, 2021

WHO, leading experts revisit claim that COVID originated from Chinese lab

While a WHO report discredited the theory that COVID-19 escaped from a lab in Wuhan, experts from around the world have renewed support for the lab leak theory in recent weeks.

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• Apr 6, 2021Jul 30, 2021

There is no such thing as a public health expert

Just autocrats in lab coats and ivory towers

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Jordan Schachtel

• Apr 1, 2021Jul 30, 2021

Mystery surrounds death of Tanzanian president who defied COVID lockdown

The government says John Magufuli, who would not report virus information to the WHO and refused to close churches, died of heart problems, but questions abound after his passing at age 61.

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• Mar 19, 2021Jun 18, 2021

WHO changes its definition of ‘herd immunity,’ making widespread vaccination essential

Experts, including Stanford epidemiologist Dr Jay Bhattacharya, say the new definition is wrong

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Patrick Delaney

• Dec 23, 2020Jun 18, 2021

WHO admits to using ‘artificial intelligence,’ ‘social listening’ to control COVID news

The World Health Org said it's 'battling the trolls and conspiracy theorists that push misinformation and undermine the outbreak response.'

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Anthony Murdoch

• Aug 31, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Scandal-ridden WHO ‘listening in’ on online conversations to counter ‘fake COVID-19 news’

The organization's leader believes there is an 'overabundance' of 'misleading or fabricated' information that needs to be dealt with online.

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Anthony Murdoch

• Aug 28, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Tucker Carlson: World Health Organization using COVID to push climate change agenda

The Fox News host warned that the goal for the WHO and Bill Gates is ‘reordering society.’

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Dorothy Cummings McLean

• Aug 25, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Global COVID-19 crisis ‘worsening,’ World Health Organization says

While continuing to discourage mass gatherings at religious services, the WHO is not dissuading protesters from assembling.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Jun 11, 2020Jun 18, 2021

New CDC ‘best estimate’ puts death rate far lower than initial reports

The CDC now estimates the death rate for sick patients is 0.4 percent – far lower than initial estimates, but still much higher than seasonal flu.

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• May 27, 2020Jun 18, 2021