British professor and Communist Party member appointed chair of WHO advisory group

British scientist and communist professor Susan Michie, who serves as director of the Center for Behavioral Change at University College London, was appointed Monday as chair of one of the advisory groups of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Michie will lead WHO's Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Perspectives on Health and Behavioral Sciences. Her mission is to advise the organization on how to boost compliance with vaccine mandates that help shape national health policy, the Dailymail reported.

The academic, who is also a decades-long member of Britain's Communist Party, has been dubbed "Stalin's nanny" by her contemporaries at Oxford University because of her radical views. She was also known for her hardline positions during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Michie, a regular contributor to BBC News, called for mask requirements and social distancing to be maintained "forever" during an interview last year about the pandemic. The British professor also made recommendations on Chinese-style blockades while a member of the U.K.'s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), according to reports.

Her appointment drew attention on social media.

"If you ever needed more of a reason to detest the WHO and everything they represent... They have just appointed Susan Michie, an actual communist party member, as the chairwoman of their advisory group", libertarian and CEO of BizBritain, Matt Gubba, said on Twitter. 

Another England-based Twitter user said, "Another in the long line of reasons why the UK should leave our association with WHO."

"I thought WHO was a terribly discredited organization before this announcement. Now it's even worse if that were possible!" Dailymail quoted another user as saying.

A third user said, "Surely this is a joke? Please let this be a joke. Please, please, pretty please."