“The impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on the delivery of Healthcare Services & Programmes in Nigeria

*Unintended consequences were seen as a result of the lockdown. What should or should not have been done – is highly debatable.

*Lagos State particularly scientific and laudable –

Socio-economic impacts on employment and social assistance in Buenos Aires

“The state implemented a wide range of policies and social assistance to minimise social costs of the pandemic, however many forms of social assistance were partial and insufficient.”

“Many categories of

Socio-economic impacts of Covid-19 suppression measures – the case of Guinea-Bissau - The Impacts of measures taken by the authorities.

“We witnessed a shortage of health personnel (One doctor for 5964 people and one nurse for 1223 inhabitants).”

“In equality and social

mg.co.za/thought-leader…
Fantastic article by AW on the IHR amendments and WHO treaty in Mail & Guardian

Kudos to all involved in this brave and brilliant summary of what is at stake for African nations and the world in this.

@Africa_IAI Divine Fuh

Did lockdowns in India work?

“On lockdowns there is complete silence – the silence is overwhelming.”

“Even the question is not perceived – did lockdowns work? We simply don’t know. Is there on-going research that can track this? There isn’t.”

“The lockdown is now equated with

The health pandemic propelled a ‘debt pandemic’.

“Not only does the growing financial precarity reveal an extensive un-affordability of lockdowns it also remains really unclear how debt incurred from lockdown policies will be paid back.”

“Argentina was ineligible to receive

Socio-economic impacts of Covid-19 suppression measures – the case of Guinea-Bissau - The Impacts of measures taken by the authorities.

“Before Covid-19 there was poverty and extreme poverty. When Covid-19 arrived, Africa was already working to lift 400 million people out of

Universal health coverage and Covid-19 lockdown - Nigeria

“The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a target for every country. We struggled to get to those targets.”

“The motivations for the UHC are very clear (see video). If we had looked at this in context with good

What happened to the advice of the scientific community during Covid in India?

“Many people who were expert clinicians, leaders in the private sector or public officials became advisors with no understanding of public health whatsoever. When these people don’t really know they

An important audio Illusion of Consensus podcast featuring a conversation with African history Prof. Toby Green and University of Nairobi philosophy Prof. Prof. Reginald Oduor, Ph.D.. We discuss the new WHO treaty as a neo-colonial imposition on the global south in a public health guise.

The socio-economic impacts of Covid-19 lockdown policies in Argentina - Fragile state

“Considering the fact that Argentina defaulted on $97.6bUSD of sovereign debt in December 2001, which was the biggest sovereign default in global modern economic history, the sharp rise in

A tale of covid-era censorship from the front lines of economics

New Collateral Global Charity commentary by Paul Frijters & Gigi Foster. They reflect on the challenges of publishing cost-benefit analyses for lockdown in mainstream economics journals in 2021-22

collateralglobal.org/article/a-tale…

A tale of covid-era censorship from the front lines of economics

'In March 2024, the journal Australian Economic Papers published our paper, “Hiding the Elephant: The tragedy of Covid policy and its economist apologists.”

The paper was based on invited keynote conference

The Covid Story App - Toms story

“Tom is 12, I suspect he would have been maybe 9 or 10 at the time of the pandemic, it’s actually quite an upsetting story to read.”

“There are however 2 very positive aspects that come from Tom telling his story on the app. Toms mum contacted

The socio-economic impacts of Covid-19 lockdown policies in Argentina - Fragile state

“These are numbers that hurt a lot.”

“At the beginning of the pandemic, the sovereign debt amounted to $311 billion USD, which included a $57bUSD loan by the IMF (INDEC, 2020.).”

“Borrowing

Socio-economic impacts of Covid-19 suppression measures – the case of Guinea-Bissau - Measures taken by the authorities.

“On the Government side the creation of an Inter-ministerial Committee was one of the first measures, which was quickly replaced by a High Commission for the

“Institutions need to be designed to withstand hysteria. Ours crumbled in the face of Covid, and in doing so helped create the disaster Britain now faces…a frank discussion about the nature & depth of that damage is needed”

- New Spectator editorial

spectator.co.uk/article/covid-…

🖋️ 'We must listen very carefully to the warnings that issue from countries which are beholden to the WHO for the delivery of basic healthcare' | Writes Sunetra Gupta

Read the full comment below ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/2…

4-years today, Boris Johnson announced the first unprecedented UK Covid lockdown

2-years of emergency law followed, sidelining parliament & causing significant harm to society

The UK Covid Inquiry is tasked with evaluating this response

🧵 Thread on how it has done to far 👇

New YouGov survey in UK finds only 21% of respondents thought 2-years of emergency law & 3 national lockdowns were 'too strict'. 52% of those supporting the Labour Party (leading in polls for 2024 election) wanted 'more strictness'

Much work to be done!! Collateral Global Charity