"Faustian bargain: Fifa A. Rahman, a lawyer who has advised developing countries in the negotiations, told Rory the U.S. agreement would enshrine the inequity countries protested during and after the Covid-19 pandemic." @fifarahman.bsky.social

“… and runs contrary to ongoing discussions on the PABS annex in the Pandemic Agreement”.

Last year I had a particularly stressful time with an unscrupulous client. I still remember that lovely four hours after a zoom call playing Civ V. Very therapeutic - but agree that monotheism should not be an important mark of progress.

Such a pleasure chairing this panel on governance, equity, & political commitment in public health emergencies in Southeast Asia. Key insights include the need to account for the biological weapons convention, national sovereignty over genetic sequence data, and regional MPOX vaccines coordination.

Interesting slide explaining the relationship between the brand new ASEAN Center for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases (ACPHEED) with other ASEAN entities, governments, @who.int, and others.

Ms Chee Yoke Ling from Third World Network states that there is a shift towards private health care in many countries and that this is not only unsustainable, but results in massive economic costs as a result of productivity losses due to reduced healthcare accessibility.

Prof Kiat Ruxrungtham talks about the need for reasonable IP regimes for regional manufacturing and distribution for vaccine manufacturing in Asia.

Ergh Gregg. This is disgusting. So sorry.

Absolute insanity.