British communist scientist dubbed ‘Stalin’s nanny’ given top job at World Health Organization

A British communist scientist who wants to wear a mask forever has been given an influential role at the World Health Organization.

Professor Susan Michie – a longtime member of the British Communist Party and a Labor donor – was yesterday appointed chair of the WHO’s behavioral advisory group.

She will advise the organization on how to increase compliance with vaccine implementation and other interventions that help shape national health policy.

Her appointment made headlines on social media, because of Professor Michie’s tough stance during the Covid pandemic.

She famously called for masks and social distancing to remain ‘forever’ in an interview with Channel 5 last year and regularly makes alarming predictions on BBC News, which sparked the question inquire about the broadcaster’s objectivity.

There were concerns about her conflict of interest as it emerged that she was simultaneously a member of the Government’s SAGE committee and a leading figure in an independent pressure group calling for strikes. Chinese style.

Ms Michie was nicknamed ‘Stalin’s nanny’ by her contemporaries at Oxford University for her radical views.

Professor Susan Michie – a longtime Communist Party member and Labor advocate – has been appointed chair of the WHO behavioral advisory group

The appointment was announced on Twitter on Monday by the psychology department of University College London, where she is a professor. The news was met with a mixture of anger and astonishment

Michie’s appointment to the WHO was announced on Twitter by University College London, where she is a professor of health psychology.

The news was met with a mixture of anger and astonishment.

One Twitter user said: ‘I think WHO is a horribly discredited organization by this announcement. Now it’s even worse if that can happen! ‘

Another wrote: ‘Oh, you just happened to pick a 40-year member of the British Communist Party and advise the UK’s SAGE promotion unit on Covid. “

A third user said: ‘Surely this is satire? Please take this as satire. Please please please please. ‘

Her new brief will advise WHO ‘how to apply behavioral insights and scientific perspectives’ to support its health policies.

It is unclear whether her new role will be paid or voluntary.

The Health Science and Behavioral Understanding Technical Advisory Groups were established in February 2020 at the start of the pandemic.

So far, it has issued two reports – looking at behaviors affecting Covid vaccine uptake and compliance with pandemic restrictions.

The appointment will cause further anger among critics, who have accused the WHO of being too ‘China-focused’.

Global health authorities initially heaped praise on the Chinese communist party for its response to the Covid outbreak, despite stripping citizens of the country’s freedoms.

At the same time, it regularly criticizes governments in the UK and US – two of their biggest donors – for their responses to the pandemic.

Former US President Donald Trump retaliated by cutting $400m (£324m) in annual funding in 2020 – a move that was reversed a year later by incumbent President Joe Biden.

The UK has donated around £114 million to the WHO between 2020-2021.

Professor Michie made headlines last year after promoting a ‘maximum suppression’ Covid strategy.

Speaking of the need for masks and social distancing, she told Channel 5 on June 5, 2021: ‘We’re going to need to sustain these in the long term.

‘And that would probably be good not only for Covid but also to help reduce other diseases at a time when the NHS is…’

She was cut by host Claudia-Liza Armah, who asked her: ‘When you say long term, what do you mean – how long?’

Professor Michie replied: ‘I think forever, to some extent.’

Later on the show, she likened society’s restrictions to wearing seat belts and said masks should become a necessity.

She said: ‘I think there’s a lot of different behaviors we’ve changed in our lives. Now that we regularly wear seat belts, we don’t use them.

‘We now regularly pick up dog poop in the park, which we don’t use.

‘When people see that there is a threat and there’s something they can do to reduce it…themselves, their loved ones and their communities, what we see now in the year past that everyone does it.

‘And I think we can start adopting routines. When we leave the house, we check if we have a phone, a key, a tissue, a mask in case we need to use it.

‘It won’t be a big deal if the kind of change we’re talking about and I think we also need to think about how we plan our cities, transport our way of life.

‘Instead of going back huge distances, have more local work centers where people don’t have to travel as much – not only healthy but also good for the environment.’

Months later, she caused an uproar when she appeared on BBC News on November 27, criticizing the Government for not mandating masks in all public buildings or practicing social distancing.

Scientists at the time accused the BBC of lack of objectivity on the matter and questioned why a behavioral scientist would be interviewed about microbiology.

She is a member of the independent SAGE pressure group that has called for a Christmas closure.

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