Wicked problems appear impossible to solve. They are complex, long-standing, seemingly intractable, and there are divergent opinions about the ways to address them. Wicked problems do not occur in a vacuum. They are enmeshed in wider social, cultural and political issues. Typically, governments and other organizations attempt to fix wicked problems through a particular lens … More Wicked Problems and Collective Impact
PANDA ~ Pandemics Data and Analytics invited me to become a member three days ago! This stemmed from my opinionating on Twitter. The movement has largely grown out of recruitments from Twitter, with like minds gravitating towards each other. There are more than a hundred of us, with various skills to offer such as mathematicians, … More Pillars of Public Health
Description of the problem: WHO has received user feedback on an elevated risk for false SARS-CoV-2 results when testing specimens using RT-PCR reagents on open systems. This is from the WHO Information Notice for IVD Users (In Vitro Diagnostic Users), dated 7 December and published online 14 December 2020. That’s almost exactly 11 months after … More Making WHO Accountable
Kung Future in Cambodia are starting a maternal-child nutrition project with a small foundation sponsorship received recently. Unable to travel there, it is an Australian-English-Cambodian partnership underway with untrained local staff implementing the work via support through Zoom meetings. At a time when extra and intensive support is needed most in the face of hunger … More Politics, Poverty, Phylogeny and Poetry
On December 10, 2020, Dr Clare Craig, Diagnostic Pathologist, addressed a large gathering of concerned parents about Covid testing, T-Cell immunity and the testing of children and young people. Below is the video of her opening address and my summary notes. Whilst she speaks from a specifically UK perspective, it is important to consider the … More Pandemic Patterns
In 2009 I had a very strange, quite traumatic work experience. I was part of a public health team who provided a local response to the Swine Flu (H1N1/09) pandemic. Our usual outbreak response of calm, critical thought following planned, evidence-based practice was overridden by media and political histrionics. It took place over a number … More Pandemic PCR Problems
Quite a few really impressive lawyers are getting involved in the fight for justice around the colossal harms of lockdowns. Atlanta based lawyer and researcher Michael Senger has investigated the origins of lockdown as a public health response in 2020. Sky News Australia interviewed Michael Senger in September 2020, ten minutes worth listening to. Today … More A Lawyer on Lockdown Lunacies
It is very interesting to note the regional differences playing out in the Covid-19 pandemic. Testing a lot was painted as the way to address this pandemic but the issue of false positive pseudo-epidemics which Dr Clare Craig has investigated rigorously seems to have a part to play in all of this. Along with differences … More Pandemic Of Regions and Interventions
There are some truly inspiring medical doctors using Twitter to share information about Covid-19. One of the most impassioned I follow is Dr Thomas Binder. He earned a PhD in Virology/Immunology before specialising in Cardiology, has over 30 years medical experience and works as an Associate Professor at a medical university in Austria. There are … More Clickbait and Kludge
Clare Wills is an English lawyer representing elderly care home residents and their families through devastating consequences of enforced isolation which is leading to unnecessary suffering and death. She talks about her experiences with these lockdown victims at Episode 15 of Alex McCarron’s podcast, Escape From Lockdown. Dan Wootton highlights the plight of Mary Fowler … More Documenting Abuses
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