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Atlantic Storm, January 2005: How a Smallpox Tabletop Became WHO Emergency Powers Four Months Later

On 14 January 2005, in a conference room in Washington, ten former or sitting heads of government from North America and Europe — together with a former WHO Director-General and an array of foreign-policy advisers — gathered around a table and played out a coordinated smallpox attack on six major cities simultaneously: Istanbul, Rotterdam, Warsaw, Frankfurt, New York City, Los Angeles. Within four and a half hours of exercise time the reported case count climbed from 51 to 3,320. The exercise was called Atlantic Storm.

The Treaty Nobody Reads: What the WHO Pandemic Agreement Really Means

124 States Said Yes. The US Said No. And Germany Is Paying the Bill. # In May 2025, 124 WHO member states adopted an international pandemic agreement in Geneva — the most far-reaching health accord since the International Health Regulations of 2005. Eleven states abstained, including Italy, Poland, Israel, Russia, and Iran. No state voted against it [1][2].

Lauterbach as WHO Chief? The Man Who Said 'Side-Effect-Free' Wants to Run the World

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When a Health Minister with a Questionable Track Record Aims for the Top of Global Health Policy # Karl Lauterbach is being floated as a candidate for the position of WHO Director-General. You have to read that sentence twice to grasp what is happening. The man who promoted the COVID vaccine as “more or less side-effect-free” — on national television, in February 2022, to an audience of millions — is supposed to decide the health policy of the entire planet.