Sunday, 31 May 2026
We’re really important says WHO
About two weeks ago, Kit Knightly had an entertaining off-guardian piece about the World Health Assembly. We all know about that lot, but the whole piece is well worth reading.
WHO in “panic mode” as World Health Assembly kicks off
Today is first day of the World Health Organization’s 79th annual World Health Assembly, where delegates come together to set policies and priorities for global health.
Essentially, it’s a week-long exercise in saying, as loud and long possible, “We’re really important.”
And thank goodness it came along when it did, because…wow.
The hantavirus outbreak is tearing through the world at the unstoppably terrifying rate of five whole deaths every two months.
That’s about 30 deaths in a year or about 0.25% of the number of people who’ll died from falling down stairs.
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WHO WEF UN IPPC CODEX. Couldn't they set up headquarters on Mars and administer there, and leave us the hell alone.
Well, falling down stairs is a real hazard. I wonder if it's time our safety obsessed nanny state banned them, and only allowed single storey bungalows to be built?
As a member of the WBA, I'm delighted. (Wombling Blogger Assembly)
Tammly - good idea, the Moon isn't quite far enough but Mars would be fine.
Woodsy - that would suit us, we've been thinking about downsizing.
James - as an international fraternity, the WBA ought to have more influence than dodgy outfits like WHO.
We keep thinking downsizing too, as jobs stack up while energy, enthusiasm and ability decline.. It's depressing though. Where would I put 2 rebuilt Morris minors, could I keep sane without my workshop/garage, what about my electronics/audio stuff and all our books and music collection? I keep looking at these mini one-person domestic lifts. Cheaper than moving, but doesn't solve the problem of an over half acre garden that needs constant attention while providing considerable pleasure. Probably stay put and leave the kids to sort it out!
Woodsy - we are in a similar situation but without the Morris Minors and the half acre garden, we couldn't manage a garden that size. Pottering around, keeping the garden tidy, fixing things, a bit of DIY and so on all seem important enough to wonder if we'd manage well without them and at the moment we suspect we wouldn't.
Can we manage without these things? That's the question isn't it. The advice is do it while you are active enough to get settled and I don't actually need 2 Morris Minors, except one has been in the family since 1963. Most music is now on digital memory, the garden often seems a chore but forces physical activity, and the practical & DIY jobs have become part of my character. Yet I get this vision of moving to a beautifully organised, neat, clean no maintenance 2 bed bungalow and relaxing. But I know in reality it would be boring, nostalgically sterile and would I fear lead to a future of daytime TV and rapid descent into an intellectual vegetable. So like you I doubt we would manage well, even though I wish there were fewer jobs needing attention all around me.
Woodsy - "But I know in reality it would be boring, nostalgically sterile and would I fear lead to a future of daytime TV and rapid descent into an intellectual vegetable."
That's exactly the problem, it takes time to grow into a house, fill it with memories and personal history. These slowly evolved bonds are much more that the things we'll take with us to fill the new place.
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