Editorial - The HighWire

The UN’s “Non-Binding” Pandemic Declaration: Sequence In, Shot Out

Updated 2:36 PM EDT, Wed October 21, 2026

On October 12, with little to no media coverage, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response. The vote was 153 in favor and 3 against. The United States, Israel, and Argentina voted no, and New Zealand and Paraguay abstained. The scant headlines moved on within a day,…Continue reading The UN’s “Non-Binding” Pandemic Declaration: Sequence In, Shot Out

The Kind of People Who Build Bridges for Animals

Updated 6:14 AM EDT, Tue October 20, 2026

Three mule deer wandered up to a brand-new bridge near Grass Lake, in the far north of California, and walked across it. The bridge was built just for them, and other animals, and a trail camera caught them taking advantage of it. Remarkably, the bridge was not even finished being built when they used it.…Continue reading The Kind of People Who Build Bridges for Animals

From Lockdowns to Large Language Models: How AI Became the Post-COVID Companion We Never Asked For

Updated 5:54 AM EDT, Mon October 19, 2026

The Trillion-Dollar AI Boom Built on a Generation Already Isolated by COVID The date was May 11, 2023, and the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency officially ended in the United States. An entire generation of children and adolescents had been artificially masked and forced onto devices for their education and socialization. Already struggling with mental…Continue reading From Lockdowns to Large Language Models: How AI Became the Post-COVID Companion We Never Asked For

Cleveland Clinic: More Boosters? More Likely to Get COVID-19

A study conducted on the effectiveness of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine has surprised many at the Cleveland Clinic. The organization studied its employees to determine how the new bivalent vaccines stack up against some of the more prevalent COVID strains in circulation. The results weren’t what they expected. The study’s authors admit their surprise that…Continue reading Cleveland Clinic: More Boosters? More Likely to Get COVID-19

Updated 5:09 AM EDT, Fri May 12, 2023

REVISITING ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUG DANGERS IN A POST-COVID WORLD

A triad of alarming events is happening alongside each other, interlaced with desperation for society to pay closer attention to people in need and the dangers of antidepressants. The failed pandemic response caused job loss and incomes to freefall for middle-class Americans. Those lower-income individuals were hit the hardest. The Great Barrington Declaration, whose authors and…Continue reading REVISITING ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUG DANGERS IN A POST-COVID WORLD

Updated 11:08 AM EDT, Mon May 8, 2023

How GSK’s RSV Vaccine Safety Signal Opens Up Investigation for All Maternal Vaccines

At the ReSViNET Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, in February 2023, GSK Vice President of Vaccine Development Ilse Dieussaert discloses why GSK abandoned its maternal RSVPreF3 vaccine trial last February. The study was a phase 3, double-blinded, saline placebo-controlled trial with participants across 24 different high and low-middle-income countries. The pregnant women were followed up to…Continue reading How GSK’s RSV Vaccine Safety Signal Opens Up Investigation for All Maternal Vaccines

Updated 9:51 AM EDT, Wed May 3, 2023

WHO’s New Pandemic Prevention Plan: First Focus – Respiratory Pathogens

In a measure that is no doubt devised as a desperate attempt to hold tight to its grasp as the self-proclaimed arbiter of global pandemics, the World Health Organization just launched a new pandemic prevention plan. Released on April 27, 2023, the WHO’s Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats (PRET) Initiative’s first module focuses on…Continue reading WHO’s New Pandemic Prevention Plan: First Focus – Respiratory Pathogens

Updated 8:06 AM EDT, Tue May 2, 2023

Pfizer-Funded, Decades-Old Mental Health Checklist Fueled SSRIs

For Americans not yet convinced of Pfizer’s intentionally sinister role in the declining physical and mental health of our nation, the billion-dollar company’s behind-the-scenes funding of the test widely used for depression is another decisive example. Specifically, while searching in the late 1990s for ways to encourage primary care doctors to prescribe its newly-released antidepressant…Continue reading Pfizer-Funded, Decades-Old Mental Health Checklist Fueled SSRIs

Updated 6:26 AM EDT, Fri April 14, 2023

As Pandemic Officially Ends, Biden Keeps COVID Alive With Future Funding

Despite the blatant failure of the experimental mRNA COVID-19 injections—and the declaration by thousands of physicians around the world that natural immunity proves to be the most protective and longest-lasting solution against COVID-19—the Biden administration intends to use at least another $5 billion of taxpayer money to accelerate the development of new COVID vaccines and…Continue reading As Pandemic Officially Ends, Biden Keeps COVID Alive With Future Funding

Updated 7:15 AM EDT, Wed April 12, 2023