We continue to face challenges rolling out our childhood nutrition program in Cambodia due to the ongoing pandemic interventions. Hunger remains at dangerous levels across communities. Access to health care, previously very limited, is all but no longer available unless you have money. Lockdown has ended for now but testing and vaccination teams are highly … More Common Sense Lost
Whilst vaccination saves lives, vaccine promotion due to market forces compared to promotion via public health evidence can have a negative impact. After months of warning alerts, in June of 2009 World Health Organisation declared a global Swine Flu pandemic. Ultimately the H1N1 Swine Flu, still circulating today, posed no greater risk of severe disease … More Trying to Understand
Factory workers in Cambodia are being vaccinated en masse. Allegedly they’re all “volunteers”. Mostly young women earning around $120/month with zero prospects of other employment in a nation strictly following Chinese lockdown policy resulting in threat of hunger and disease to millions. Normally when a vaccination program is rolled out, the expected outcome is a … More Trust and Terror
The microbial world is an ocean of infinite mystery, consisting of many unknowns as well as knowns which can be difficult to imagine. Our immune systems need exposure to viruses and bacteria, without which we become vulnerable to many diseases and chronic conditions. The millions of organisms which live on and in our bodies, protecting … More In The Name of Public Health
For a year now, mainstream and social media have been rife with frightening messages about Covid-19. Filtering through this narrative and trying to find balanced information has involved a skepticism against orthodoxy which has caused a lot of angst among people who trust mainstream news sources and whose own comfort and safety feels threatened by … More Vaccinations and Investigations
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