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==Criticism==
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The GPMB  states "The world is not prepared for a fast-moving, virulent respiratory pathogen pandemic", where "50 - 80 million people could perish".<ref>https://apps.who.int/gpmb/assets/annual_report/GPMB_Annual_Report_English.pdf</ref> By focusing on "robust preparedness", pressuring national leaders to take "determined measures" against a declared pandemic situation, they overshot the target and recommended too severe measures (a ruinous global lockdown) that in the case of a false alarm ([[swine flu]], [[Covid-19]]) led to exactly the major economic disaster they claimed they wanted to prevent.
  
 
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The co-chairs as of early 2020 were [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]] and [[Elhadj As Sy]].
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The co-chairs as of early 2020 were [[Gro Harlem Brundtland]] and [[Elhadj As Sy]]. The board claims to be independent, but the [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation|Gates Foundation]] is represented on the board by [[Chris Elias]], and several of the members have ties to the [[Big pharma|pharmaceutical industry]]. Several of the board members were present at the [[Event 201]] pandemic exercise.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:31, 9 June 2020

Group.png Global Preparedness Monitoring BoardRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board.png
AbbreviationGPMB
FormationMay 2018
HeadquartersGeneva
LeaderGlobal Preparedness Monitoring Board/Chair
Interests“Pandemic/Preparation”
Membership• Gro Harlem Brundtland (cropped).jpg Gro Harlem Brundtland
• Victor Dzau 2023 A 03.jpg Victor Dzau
• Elias.jpg Chris Elias
• Jeremy Farrar C0058569 Wellcome Images.jpg Jeremy Farrar
• Anthony Fauci.jpg Anthony Fauci
• Henrietta Fore UNICEF.jpg Henrietta Fore
• George Gao.jpg George Gao
•  Diane Gashumba
• Sigrid Kaag.jpg Sigrid Kaag
•  Ilona Kickbusch
•  Veronika Skvortsova
•  Yashuhiru Suzuki
•  Jeanette Vega Morales
•  Elhadj As Sy

The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board describes itself as "an independent monitoring and advocacy body".[1]

Origins

In May 2018 the WHO and World Bank Group set up the GPMB.[2]

Own words

In its September 2019 report, the GPMB stated that the "goals of the Board are to:

  • assess the world’s ability to protect itself from health emergencies;
  • identify critical gaps to preparedness across multiple perspectives;
  • advocate for preparedness activities with national and international leaders and decision-makers."[3]

Criticism

The GPMB states "The world is not prepared for a fast-moving, virulent respiratory pathogen pandemic", where "50 - 80 million people could perish".[4] By focusing on "robust preparedness", pressuring national leaders to take "determined measures" against a declared pandemic situation, they overshot the target and recommended too severe measures (a ruinous global lockdown) that in the case of a false alarm (swine flu, Covid-19) led to exactly the major economic disaster they claimed they wanted to prevent.

Leadership

The co-chairs as of early 2020 were Gro Harlem Brundtland and Elhadj As Sy. The board claims to be independent, but the Gates Foundation is represented on the board by Chris Elias, and several of the members have ties to the pharmaceutical industry. Several of the board members were present at the Event 201 pandemic exercise.

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Resolve to Save Lives and the German Government.

 

Known members

8 of the 14 of the members already have pages here:

MemberDescription
Gro Harlem BrundtlandDeep state/WHO connected Prime Minister/DG, concerned about "too much freedom of speech"
Victor DzauChinese/US doctor, member of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, very heavy WEF AGM habit
Chris EliasDoctor and Bill Gates protege, A Spreading Plague, Event 201
Jeremy FarrarWellcome Trust/Director, took part in A Spreading Plague in 2019, assisted Daszak in promoting the zoonotic origin of COVID-19, 2021 Monkeypox Tabletop Exercise
Anthony FauciHealth bureaucrat who has a preference for vaccines over other drugs. Covid-19 taskforce leader.
Henrietta ForeAs Executive Director of UNICEF worked in collaboration with GAVI, CEPI and the World Health Organization, among others, to facilitate COVID-19 vaccination.
George GaoChinese virologist and immunologist who participated in the notorious Event 201 and the 2021 Monkeypox Tabletop Exercise
Sigrid KaagDutch diplomat and politician. Although an outspoken feminist, Kaag vocally opposed a public trial regarding dozen of reports of sexual abuse within her own party. A successful and career-diplomat, named by Geert Wilders as the "namesake of a runway at Schiphol Airport", she has attended two Bilderberg meetings.
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