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Proposed Amendments to International Health Regulations Pose Serious Threat to U.S. Sovereignty

by Dr. Amy Cerato

On January 18, 2022, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, Loyce Pace, submitted documents to the WHO that proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations. The link to the entire document is below:

https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA75/A75_18-en.pdf

The WHO intends to amend 13 IHR articles: 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 48, 49, 53, 59.

These proposed amendments are a threat to the freedoms that are protected by the U.S. Constitution. These amendments give control over the declaration of a public health emergency in any member state to the WHO Director General, even over the objection of the member state.

The proposed IHR amendments also cede control to WHO regional directors, who are given the authority to declare a Public Health Emergency of Regional Concern (PHERC). Moreover, the proposed amendments allow the Director-General to ring an international alarm bell, by unilaterally issuing an Intermediate Public Health Alert (IPHA).

Put simply, the proposed IHR amendments are directed towards establishing a globalist architecture of worldwide health surveillance, reporting, and management. Consistent with a top-down view of governance, the public will not have opportunities to provide input or criticism concerning the amendments. This, of course, is a direct violation of the basic tenets of democracy and can be compared to the separate new pandemic treaty.

In specific there are five huge issues of concern that every American should be outraged over:

  1. Increased surveillance. Under Article 5, the WHO will develop early warning criteria that will allow it to establish a risk assessment for a member state, which means that it can use the type of modeling, simulation, and predictions that exaggerated the risk from Covid19 over two years ago. Once the WHO creates its assessment, it will communicate it to inter-governmental organizations and other member states.
  2. 48-hour deadline. Under Articles 6, 10, 11, and 13, a member state is given 48 hours to respond to a WHO risk assessment and accept or reject onsite assistance. However, in practice, this timeline can be reduced to hours, forcing it to comply or face international disapproval lead by the WHO and potentially unfriendly member states.
  3. Secret sources. Under Article 9, the WHO can rely on undisclosed sources for information leading it to declare a public health emergency. Those sources could include Big Pharma, WHO funders such as the Gates Foundation and the Gates-founded-and-funded GAVI Alliance, as well as others seeking to monopolize power.
  4. Weakened Sovereignty. Under Article 12, when the WHO receives undisclosed information concerning a purported public health threat in a member state, the Director-General may, not must, consult with the WHO Emergency Committee and the member state. However, he can unilaterally declare a potential or actual public health emergency of international concern. The Director General’s authority replaces national sovereign authority. This can later be used to enforce sanctions on nations.
  5. Rejecting the amendments. Under Article 59, after the amendments are adopted by the World Health Assembly, a member state has six months to reject them. This means November, this year. If the member state fails to act, it will be deemed to have accepted the amendments in full. Any rejection or reservation received by the Director-General after the expiry of that period shall have no force and effect.

Due to the influence of private money at the WHO, a review in the Journal of Integrative Medicine & Therapy stated that the corruption of the WHO is the biggest threat to the world’s public health of our time. This is particularly true in relation to WHO drug recommendations, including its list of essential medicines, which a growing number of people believe is biased and unreliable.

Moreover, even though WHO’s documents highlight voice, agency, and social participation as drivers of equity and democracy, it is unknown World Health Assembly delegates who get to make decisions for us.

Given consistent evidence that WHO is heavily conflicted and controlled by various industries, its usefulness as a guide to public health must be critically re-evaluated, while alternative paradigms and models for ethical health guidance and human rights are built.

This is an issue on which every Oklahoma must make their voice heard. The contact information for our congressional delegation is below:

Representative Kevin Hern (District 1): https://hern.house.gov/
Representative Markwayne Mullin (District 2): https://mullin.house.gov/
Representative Frank Lucas (District 3): https://lucas.house.gov/contact
Representative Tom Cole (District 4): https://cole.house.gov/zip-authentication
Representative Stephanie Bice (District 5): https://bice.house.gov/
For an excellent email template that addresses these concerns in a concise manner, use the link below:
It is painfully obvious that they are trying to push this through before a potential “red wave” in the fall midterm elections. If that happens, it maybe too late. I urge you to email our delegation, and have your family and friends email our delegation, today!

White Issues Stern Rebuke to Metro Library System For LGBTQ+ Agenda

OKLAHOMA CITY

Guest columnist, and local political activist, Jenni White

On the heels of the Edmond pastor’s stand against Mayor Davis’ “Pride Month” declaration, local conservative stalwarts have also taken a stand against the Metropolitan Library System’s celebration of the LGBTQ+ lifestyle.

It is one thing for Mayor’s to issue proclamations. However, when the organization whose job it is to help increase literacy in the metro-area’s school children decides to jump on the “Pride Month” bandwagon (to include hosting “Drag Queen Story Hour”), it is incumbent upon the citizenry to rise up and demand a stop to this practice which threatens to undermine the very backbone of American society – the traditional nuclear family.

Jenni White, conservative activist and former mayor of Luther, has done just that. In a recently penned article, Jenni offers a stinging rebuke of the Library System’s decision to further the indoctrination of metro-area children to the Godless, aberrant lifestyle. In the article she issues a call to action for citizens to make their voices and opinions heard. With permission of the author, the entire article is republished here:

ACTION OPPORTUNITY: Oklahoma Metropolitan Libraries Use Taxpayer Funds To Bring Us Pride Week With Drag Queen Story Hour

 

Recently, The Oklahoma Council for Public Affairs published an article about Oklahoma Metropolitan Libraries support of Pride Month, complete with ‘virtual’ Drag Queen Story Time.Yes, it’s true.  Here in Oklahoma.

According to the MLS, “the Metropolitan Library System is committed to highlighting LGBTQ2S+ reading or listening recommendations and other resources, along with offering programs that amplify LGBTQ2S+ voices and stories”.

Ok, but where is Christian Pride Month?  What about Republican Pride Month?

I didn’t see either on a cursory exam of the Metropolitan Library System calendar, but I did see a whole lot of fun and entertaining things to do all the way through October for kids that have nothing at all to do with nontraditional sexual proclivities.

Why take a whole month to promote a lifestyle then – especially one that doesn’t espouse the more traditional values of the state of Oklahoma?  The MLS seems to be quite good at developing and promoting activities for EVERYONE – why spend so many public resources (tax dollars) on Pride Month?

Here are some of the Pride Month activities taking place at the public MLS paid for using tax dollars:

There’s the drag queen reading stories about families with two daddies and a bear who wants to be a rabbit.  Certainly, this can’t at all be confusing or odd for young children – heaven knows it makes sense to all adults.
How to make a Pronoun Pin so that young children – who have about as much idea about what it means to be called “they/them” as a preponderance of adults – can show the world they are “they/them” before they even understand what it means to be a girl or a boy genetically (the only scientific way to make that determination).
Then there’s the Pride Art Kit that allows kids to “Celebrate Pride Month this year with a beautiful piece of art to add to your wall”.  But what kind of art?  It doesn’t say.  I think many of us are familiar with the kinds of things some people call art and Pride Month is all about celebrating nontraditional sex roles…
Of course, Pride Month couldn’t be celebrated without a yard sign saying exactly what you’re proud of, because today one of the only things that really matters in life is being proud of anything – specifically if it’s anything counter cultural.
Let’s not forget that because they are a PUBLIC library – serving the whole PUBLIC – they must be prepared to tell ALL ages about how to be proud for exhibiting certain types of sexual behavior and non-traditional sex roles even before they can psychologically process where babies come from.  Here we have a collection of collections to meet the need of every age group to grow in understanding of non-traditional sex roles.
And last, but not least, who could leave out a socially-forward Oklahoma elected official prideful enough to refer to herself as “they/them”, reading a book to let kids know how to refer to themselves in ways they can’t really understand until they’re much older.

Unfortunately, there are problems with taxpayer supported entities dedicating this many resources to nontraditional communities in this way. Here’s the bottom line in list form:

1.  This is overrepresentation of an underrepresented group in the population to the point of discrimination against other more prominently-represented groups – particularly Christians, who should not be celebrating the same beliefs about non-traditional sex roles as those for whom Pride Month is celebratory.

2.  If MLS tries not to discriminate and actually chooses to also have Christianity month, for example, where does it stop?  There are all kinds of groups today represented in our society and there are only 12 months.  Which groups are to be included for a whole month celebration on the taxpayer dime?  Satanists?  Pole Dancers/Strippers?  Both groups exist in Oklahoma, pay taxes (one hopes) and are proud of their group associations.

If neither of these groups sound viable for inclusion, why?

3. What about tax dollars being used to promote activities that aren’t emotionally or physically healthy?  Unfortunately, like so many things today, discussions/examples/education about nontraditional sex roles with anyone not of adult age – particularly children – can be psychologically damaging.  In fact, The American College of Pediatricians produced a recent study in which they published the following:

Twin studies demonstrate that GD (gender dysphoria) is not an innate trait. Moreover, barring pre-pubertal affirmation and hormone intervention for GD, 80 percent to 95 percent of children with GD will accept the reality of their biological sex by late adolescence.

 

They go on to say:

 

Ethics alone demands an end to the use of pubertal suppression with GnRH agonists, cross-sex hormones, and sex reassignment surgeries in children and adolescents.

 

And this is only one paper.  More and more evidence is surfacing supporting the fact that promoting nontraditional sex roles is actually harming children – and society.

Why should taxpayers support the use of their tax dollars in a way that celebrates something that can enable irreparable psychological and physical harm to others?

The answer is that we shouldn’t.  Taxpayers should at least be allowed the ethics of the medical community who insist, “First do no harm.”

According to OCPA, Jessica Gonzalez, manager of the MLS’s Engagement and Program Services, has said that OKC residents have been “overwhelmingly positive” about this program.  Maybe that’s because no one has thought to tell MLS otherwise.

Click here for the the link to the Oklahoma Metropolitan Library Commission.  See for yourself who represents your Oklahoma County community in the group and then, if you don’t agree with having the MLS use your tax dollars on an entire month of activities geared toward lifestyles young children can’t process and which can be harmful to individuals and society, fill in the comment form and tell them so.

Nothing will change if we don’t choose to try and change it, and we most certainly should not allow our hard earned tax dollars to hurt others if we can help it.

– Jenni White