Media Advisory: Second COVID-⁠19 Summit

MAY 10, 2022•STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

The United States as first COVID Summit Chair, Belize, as CARICOM Chair; Germany, holding the G7 Presidency; Indonesia, holding the G20 Presidency; and Senegal as African Union Chair, will co-host the second Global COVID-19 Summit, which will be held virtually on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

We will be joined by countries, other partners, non-governmental organizations, and private sector companies who have made financial or policy commitments. Some of those will include South Africa; Canada; Japan; India; Colombia; Republic of Korea; Italy; New Zealand; European Commission; Spain, Nigeria; Norway; Palau; Tanzania; Rwanda; Wellcome; Google; FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics; Rotary International; the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations; Clinton Health Access Initiative; Open Society Foundations; the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance; and the Mastercard Foundation. In addition, international and regional organizations will participate, such as the World Health Organization, World Bank Group; the World Trade Organization; the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; and the Caribbean Public Health Agency. We will share more about additional participants closer to the Summit. 

Together, the Summit will redouble our efforts made at the first COVID Summit and will focus on four key objectives: 

• Recommitting Intensity to Global Response. The pandemic is not over, and now is the time to prepare for the next one.  The Summit will focus on securing new resources and policy commitments to control COVID-19 in 2022. 
• Vaccinating the World. Vaccination remains the most important lifesaving tool in this pandemic. It is also the most effective means to fight emerging variants. This is true for the broad population, and particularly true for the most vulnerable. And it means focusing on both the quantity of vaccinations, but also the quality – including providing effective boosters.
• Protecting the Most Vulnerable.  The Summit will focus on getting vaccines, tests, and treatments to those at highest risk, like the elderly, the immunocompromised and frontline and health workers.
• Preventing future catastrophes.  By investing now to secure political commitment for pandemic preparedness globally.  The Summit will focus on expanding and financing country capacity, health workers, disease surveillance, and medical countermeasures, including through the new pandemic preparedness and global health security fund at the World Bank. 

President Biden and fellow heads of state from the co-host nations will kick off the Summit with remarks on how fighting COVID-19 must remain an international priority. The Summit will then feature three sessions focused on getting shots in arms, expanding access to tests and treatments, and advancing health security and preventing future catastrophes.  Ahead of the Summit, the U.S. called on the leaders of governments, civil society, businesses, and philanthropies to make significant new commitments.
To date, President has committed to sharing 1.2 billion doses of safe, effective vaccines with the world, and the U.S. has made good on that commitment. The U.S. has shipped over 530 million doses of vaccine to 115 countries around the world, over four times more than our next closest donor. And the U.S. has sent them for free with no strings attached.

The Summit builds the U.S.’s steadfast leadership in the global COVID-19 response and our efforts to engage with the world to do their part to end this acute phase of the pandemic and prepare for future threats. It also reflects the Biden-Harris Administration’s work to continue to push the global response forward, including by securing funding from Congress, because the virus is not waiting for Congress to act. It’s critical for Congress to act with the urgency that a once-in-a-generation pandemic warrants.  

The U.S. and the co-host nations look forward to another successful Summit to accelerate the international response to combat COVID-19 and to advance global pandemic preparedness.

You can join us for the Second COVID-19 Summit by tuning in here starting at 9 AM ET: WH.GOV/Live

On April 12, 2022, the World Health Organization published Provisional Agenda Item 16.2 which includes an amendment proposed by the United States. Adopting this provision will require 193 UN members to place themselves under the guidance, direction and authority of the World Health Organization in the ongoing face of the Covid pandemic and any future pandemic announced at the discretion of the WHO.  Here is the Agenda Item in its entirety on the WHO website.

One week later on April 18, 2022, the Biden Administration announced plans for the 2nd Covid Global Summit which will be held virtually on Thursday, May 12, 2022 encouraging attendees to come with plans to vaccinate the world, save lives now and build better health security. The announcement includes a 5 point plan of action beginning with “…getting shots in arms now.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci stated last May that herd immunity would be achieved with 70% of Americans being vaccinated. Worldometer reports as of today 473 Million people worldwide are documented as testing positive and recovering from covid. Note not all positive cases of covid have been reported/captured by data analysts.  Additionally, 65%, or 2/3 of the world population has received at least one Covid vaccine with 59% of the world being fully vaccinated.

People are recognizing that natural immunity as a result of surviving infection also provides protections at about the same level as being vaccinated. According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Multiple studies in different settings have consistently shown that infection with SARS-CoV-2 and vaccination each result in a low risk of subsequent infection with antigenically similar variants for at least 6 months.”

Why would the United States Government need to cede authority to the World Health Organization for pandemic guidance, direction and authority?

Yesterday on May 10th, the White House released this statement identifying other members of the global community who will attend the summit on May 12th.  Among them are CEPI, The Gates Foundation, GAVI, the World Bank Group, the World Trade Organization and MasterCard. Their top two goals are to recommit intensity to a global response for Covid and vaccinate the world to protect the most vulnerable and prevent future catastrophes. 

The United States is responsible for shipping out four times more donated vaccines to poorer countries than the next closest donor.

10 days later the United States will present Provisional Agenda Item 16.2 to the United Nations ceding health authority to the World Health Organization on our behalf and the behalf of UN members.  If received favorably, which is expected, implementation will begin in November 2022 and expected to be completed in May 2024. Israel365’s Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz comprehensively covered this story here: 

“Officials from the Biden Administration are working to give the World Health Organization the power to unilaterally declare a health emergency in any country, thereby giving them emergency powers. The message from the administration and the vote are going unreported by the heritage media, but former Congressman Michele Bachmann is working hard at sounding the alarm.

“Bachmann has stated that the upcoming vote in Geneva over the Biden Administration’s amendments would cede U.S. sovereignty to the WHO over national healthcare decisions in what she described as ‘the biggest global power grab that we have seen in our lifetimes.’”

According to a report in the Independent Sentinel, “The WHO is attempting to push through changes to a treaty that would give them global control over health worldwide. This helps fulfill some of the goals of the WEF’s Great Reset. It is a massive power grab that takes away a nation’s sovereign rights to determine its own health standards.

A decision will be made by vote on May 22-28 at WHO World Health Assembly. Two-thirds of the Senate does not have to vote for it. It’s a rule change but it’s a devastating one.”

How is the White House framing this concerning meeting agenda?

Below is the official White House messaging through official press release. Prayer points have been added by IFA, shown in bold italics:

The United States as first COVID Summit Chair, Belize, as CARICOM Chair … will co-host the second Global COVID-19 Summit, which will be held virtually on Thursday, May 12, 2022. You can be in prayer about this Summit-pray that any plans put forth that would be harmful to sovereignty and freedom would fall apart. 

We will be joined by countries, other partners, non-governmental organizations, and private sector companies who have made financial or policy commitments. Some of those will include … Google; … Clinton Health Access Initiative; … the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; … and the Mastercard Foundation. In addition, international and regional organizations will participate, such as the World Health Organization…

Together, the Summit will redouble our efforts made at the first COVID Summit and will focus on four key objectives:

• Recommitting Intensity to Global Response. The pandemic is not over, and now is the time to prepare for the next one.  The Summit will focus on securing new resources and policy commitments to control COVID-19 in 2022. Pray that the power that has been misused via the pandemic would not continue to be perpetuated.
• Vaccinating the World. Vaccination remains the most important lifesaving tool in this pandemic. It is also the most effective means to fight emerging variants….Pray that increased mandates for vaccinations would not stand. 
• Protecting the Most Vulnerable.  The Summit will focus on getting vaccines, tests, and treatments to those at highest risk, like the elderly, the immunocompromised and frontline and health workers. Pray that truthful reports on the side effects of these vaccines would be transparent so citizens could make the best decision for their own health. 
• Preventing future catastrophes.  By investing now to secure political commitment for pandemic preparedness globally.  The Summit will focus on expanding and financing country capacity, health workers, disease surveillance, and medical countermeasures, including through the new pandemic preparedness and global health security fund at the World Bank….Pray that plans to use future health crises to exert control over nations and citizens would not come to pass.

President Biden and fellow heads of state from the co-host nations will kick off the Summit with remarks on how fighting COVID-19 must remain an international priority. The Summit will then feature three sessions focused on getting shots in arms, expanding access to tests and treatments, and advancing health security and preventing future catastrophes.

To date, President has committed to sharing 1.2 billion doses of safe, effective vaccines with the world, and the U.S. has made good on that commitment. The U.S. has shipped over 530 million doses of vaccine to 115 countries around the world, over four times more than our next closest donor….

The U.S. and the co-host nations look forward to another successful Summit to accelerate the international response to combat COVID-19 and to advance global pandemic preparedness.