Exercise Polaris, held last week, was designed to test the WHO’s Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC), a framework aimed at strengthening countries’ emergency workforce, coordinating the deployment of surge teams and experts, and enhancing collaboration between nations. According to the WHO, the exercise involved more than 350 health emergency groups connected worldwide, simulating an outbreak of a fictional virus that spread across the globe.
Participating countries included Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, Iraq, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia, Uganda, and Ukraine. Participating regional and international health agencies included the Africa CDC, European CDC, IFRC, IOM, UNICEF, the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, the Emergency Medical Teams initiative, Stand-by partners, and the International Association of National Public Health Institutes.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, emphasized the importance of global cooperation, stating, "Exercise Polaris shows that global cooperation is not only possible—it is essential." However, this rhetoric of unity and preparedness is met with skepticism by those who see the WHO as a global terrorist organization, particularly in light of the COVID-19 scandal. The obfuscation of the virus's origins and the push for gain-of-function research and predatory vaccine programs have raised serious ethical concerns...<<<Read More>>>...