NSW CHO Kerry Chant said "new world order" in today's presser - a phrase commonly used by conspiracy theorists innocent turn of phrase from her, but it's blowing up conspiracy channels on social media. On Twitter, "new world order" became a top trending term in both Australia and the UK yesterday. The social media firm even took to posting a statement about Dr Chant's comments, saying spurious new world order claims were "unfounded" and the "phrase is commonly used to describe times of change or cultural shift".
The clip has also appeared on far-right social media site Gab. British actor turned anti-Covid restrictions campaigner Laurence Fox shared a clip of Dr Chant to his near , followers on Twitter. This is insanity. In the US, a former chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party posted a heavily edited video of Dr Chant repeating the phrase over and over calling it "insanity".
In Australia, conservative far-right campaigner Kirralie Smith posted on social media "but yeah, we are the conspiracy [sic] theorists", referring to Dr Chant's comments. Prime Minister Scott Morrison even had to contend with comments on the subject during a Facebook Live video on Thursday.
A number of Australian journalists also noted the comments but mostly in exasperation at the conspiracy theories it would, and did, unleash. In Italy, the former prime minister Matteo Renzi has called for a commission into the future.
Covid is showing dramatically, either we join [together] The discussion in global thinktanks rages, not about cooperation, but whether the Chinese or the US will emerge as leaders of the post-coronavirus world.
In the UK, the debate has been relatively insular. The outgoing Labour leadership briefly searched for vindication in the evident rehabilitation of the state and its workforce.
The definition of public service has been extended to include the delivery driver and the humble corner shop owner. The obvious and widely drawn parallel has been, as so often in Britain, the second world war. Our heavy taxation and rationing of food has willy nilly achieved some levelling up of the nation. In the same vein, Boris Johnson has been forced to unleash the state, but the impact in Britain seems more noticeable on civil society than politics.
The famously standoffish British are no longer bowling alone. The sense of communal effort, the volunteer health workers, the unBritish clapping on doorsteps , all add to the sense that lost social capital is being reformed.
But there is not yet much discussion of a new politics. Perhaps the nation, exhausted by Brexit, cannot cope with more introspection and upheaval. In Europe , the US and Asia the discussion has broadened out.
Public life may be at a standstill, but public debate has accelerated. Everything is up for debate — the trade-offs between a trashed economy and public health, the relative virtues of centralised or regionalised health systems, the exposed fragilities of globalisation, the future of the EU, populism, the inherent advantage of authoritarianism.
It is as if the pandemic has turned into a competition for global leadership, and it will be the countries that most effectively respond to the crisis that will gain traction. National pride, and health, are at stake.
As the pandemic unfolds it will test not only the operational capacities of organisations like the WHO and the UN but also the basic assumptions about the values and political bargains that underpin them.
Many are already claiming that the east has won this war of competing narratives. People are less rebellious and more obedient than in Europe. They trust the state more. Daily life is much more organised.
Above all, to confront the virus Asians are strongly committed to digital surveillance. The epidemics in Asia are fought not only by virologists and epidemiologists, but also computer scientists and big data specialists.
China will display the superiority of its system even more proudly. There is little liberty in being forced to spend spring shut in your own flat. China is calling for the establishment of a new world order that will ensure a long-term stable and peaceful international environment, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said in Beijing on June 10, The more than countries in the world and more than six billion people should not and cannot be put under the control of one country or group, she said, emphasizing that multi-polarization has become an irreversible historical trend after the end of the Cold War.
A country's affairs should be handled by its own people and international issues should be resolved through negotiations, she said, adding that the United Nations, the organization that has the largest number of member nations and that is most representative, should play a dominant role in international affairs and that this is common sense in the international community.
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