26/02/2026
đź§ COVID: Never Forget, Never Forgive
A new Quadrant article revisits Australia’s pandemic response — from lockdowns and border closures to vaccine mandates and censorship — and asks hard questions about human rights, medical autonomy and the role of the WHO
The authors argue that emergency powers reshaped the balance between public health and civil liberties — and warn that the proposed WHO Pandemic Agreement may further centralise authority in future crises
Whatever your view of the past few years, one thing is clear:
We must examine what happened.
We must debate it openly.
And we must ensure that medicine never becomes detached from ethics, proportionality and informed consent.
At AMPS, we stand for clinical independence, transparent evidence, and the primacy of the doctor–patient relationship.
🔎 Question for our members:
Looking back, what safeguards should be in place to ensure future public health responses protect both lives and fundamental rights?
Read the full article here:
The Covid-19 era, still very fresh in recent memory, should always remind us of human rights were laid waste by arrogant, obstinate, incompetent governments