WEF renews push toward One Health
The World Economic Forum (WEF) Monday renewed its push toward the World Health Organization’s One Health approach, which seeks to make any alleged driver of climate change a public health threat.
What Is One Health?
One Health is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an approach to healthcare that accounts for the “human-animal-environment interface.” Practically, this means that because some diseases are zoonotic and spread from animals to humans, human health must be looked at in the context of animals and the environment.
For example, warmer climates can fuel tick infestations which can bring with them deadly diseases like Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). Changing weather patterns can spread bird flu. Therefore, human health is inseparably linked to claims of climate change.
“A comprehensive One Health approach is essential for addressing interconnected health crises amplified by climate change,” the WEF wrote in an article on Monday, further surmising that the key to preventing health risks is “reducing human pressure on the environment.”
“Preparation, adaptation and mitigation will also take place as comprehensive risk assessments, response strategies and control plans are developed to monitor and address climate-related health issues, such as the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.”
Climate pandemics, climate vaccines
One Health, which has been highly endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and major world governments, prioritizes avoiding climate change over human health in some regard. If the climate is the chief determinant of the health of all living things, all sacrifices for the climate can be justified. A zoonotic outbreak, therefore, could open the door for climate mandates like lockdowns and forced vaccinations to stop the spread.
The WEF has established a Climate and Health Initiative which is “tackling the climate-health connection” by “shaping high-impact solutions,” which include vaccines.
“We can act now to bolster the infrastructure and push the vaccines that should be developed or drugs that need more production capacity,” the WEF wrote in a previous article.
Last year, the WHO paired with the Rockefeller Foundation to search for “climate pandemics.” It also partnered last June with the European Commission to develop international vaccine passports as drugmakers call for “climate vaccinations.”
Earlier this month the Biden administration announced that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has struck a $176 million deal with Moderna for an mRNA bird flu vaccine.
All this is supported by One Health, which is a cornerstone of the WHO’s planned pandemic treaty.
