Pandemic Timeline

Month: February 2020

The WHO declares an “infodemic”

“We’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic. Fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous” – WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Munich Security Conference on Feb 15, 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines an infodemic as “an over-abundance of information, some accurate and some…

Kelley Paul buys stock in Gilead

Kelley Paul is wife of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky). Experts in corporate and securities law said the investment, and especially the delayed reporting of it, undermined trust in government and raised questions about whether the Kentucky Republican’s family had sought to profit from nonpublic information about the looming health emergency and plans by the U.S.…