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Alex Kriel of Thinking Coalition talks about the role of fake bot traffic on Twitter/X and looks into where fake traffic comes from, who benefits from it and how to spot it. Alex has a degree in theoretical physics and an MBA. He worked for many years in investment management focusing on corporate governance, his last role was with one of the world’s largest asset managers in Amsterdam. Alex was one of the first people to demonstrate that the Imperial Covid model assumptions were overstated and warned about the negative impacts of lockdowns. He formed a working group, Thinking Coalition, to present data and evidence to challenge government overreach and arranged interviews with important scientists and thinkers like Professor Bhakdi, Professor Fenton, Dr. Sidley and others in 2021. He has also contributed to The Daily Sceptic and The Conservative Woman. Thinking Coalition is a pro-liberty, anti-totalitarianism organisation concerned with government overreach. Much of their work springs from the Covid response of early 2020 when they suspected the Coronavirus outbreak had been hijacked to implement an altogether different agenda. Links: https://twitter.com/ThinkingSlow1 https://rumble.com/user/ThinkingSlow https://thinkingcoalition.org There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing way of life. PANDA Open Sessions examine the scientific, political, societal and economic dimensions of these influences. Support more of our work at https://www.pandata.org/donate Presentation: 10 April 2024

DARPA ran a bot-challenge for US universities in 2014, where a requirement included the methodology be handed over to DARPA on completion. Its mission? Looking for anti-vx activists on Twitter. Open Session Snippet from Alex Kriel's presentation "The Role of Fake Bot Traffic on Twitter/X" Watch his full presentation here: https://bit.ly/4akfLJ6

"The Needle's Secret" is the title of Marc Girardot’s book which unveils a revolutionary perspective on the intersection of modern medicine and modern-day diseases, challenging long-held beliefs with the rigour of the scientific method. At the heart of this compelling narrative lies the Bolus Theory, a groundbreaking hypothesis suggesting that a significant number of contemporary ailments, including some of the most perplexing and widespread health issues of our time, can be traced back to the inadvertent intravenous injection of vaccines and other substances. This theory redefines our understanding of disease causation and casts a new light on the potential risks associated with routine medical practices that have been accepted without question for generations. Marc Girardot has published multiple articles on Covid-19, most notably “Natural Immunity versus Covid-19 Vaccine-induced Immunity” which was published on the BizNews website, and was one of their "most read" articles in 2021. He is also author of the “Covid Myth Buster Series” on Substack and has worked with both Steve Kirsch and Mike Yeadon. Amongst his many other skills and experiences, Marc has an MBA from INSEAD, is a CISCO veteran, a strategy consultant, and has experience working for a company producing anti-cancer DNA vaccines. For further information on Marc see his LinkedIn profile Links: https://covidmythbuster.substack.com/p/the-needles-secret-is-finally-available https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcgirardot There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing way of life. PANDA Open Sessions examine the scientific, political, societal and economic dimensions of these influences. Support more of our work at https://www.pandata.org/donate Presentation: 17 April 2024

"Depending on which vaccine technology and target, you always get the same kinds of accidents." Open Session Snippet from his presentation "The Needle's Secret" Watch his full presentation here: https://rumble.com/v4tknvr-the-needles-secret-unraveling-vaccine-harms-and-the-bolus-theory-revolution.html

Cognitive scientist Mark Changizi on understanding what happened during Covid in the context of our evolution. Mark Changizi is a theorist aiming to grasp the ultimate foundations underlying why we think, feel and see as we do. His research focuses on "why" questions, and he has made important discoveries such as why we see in colour, why we see illusions, why we have forward-facing eyes, why the brain is structured as it is, why animals have as many limbs and fingers as they do, why the dictionary is organized as it is, why fingers get pruney when wet, where emotional expressions came from, and how we acquired writing, language and music. Research links: Cognitive Scientist https://www.changizi.com VINO OPTICS http://vinOOptics.com Since Covid, Mark’s focus has shifted toward understanding the large-scale dynamics of sociopolitical movements. You can learn more at: The Free Expression Institute (http://freex.group/) LooFWIRED Magazine (https://www.loofwired.com) Mark’s Science Moment series (YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/markchangizi/videos and Rumble https://rumble.com/search/all?q=Mark%20changizi) There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing way of life. PANDA Open Sessions examine the scientific, political, societal and economic dimensions of these influences. Support more of our work at https://www.pandata.org/donate Presentation: 21 February 2024

"You have to be focused on changing the folks in the public square..." Open Session Snippet from his presentation "Mustache-twiddlers, Emergencies and the Privilege of Speech" Watch his full presentation here: https://rumble.com/v4sh0rr-mustache-twiddlers-emergencies-and-the-privilege-of-speech-mark-changizi.html

Public health agencies and proponents of the Covid vaccination campaign claim that many lives were saved, but data disclosed under a Freedom of Information request suggests otherwise. With a small population of under 2 million people, Northern Ireland provides an important case study to understand the true impact of the vaccination campaign. Kathy Gray's FOI requests suggest jab recipients were not given fully informed consent and that key public health officials and agencies have therefore failed in their duty to inform the public. Recent data suggests a worrying trend: a sustained increase in excess deaths that cannot be attributable to Covid. Kathy Gray lives in Northern Ireland and is a swimming instructor, mother and grandmother, who previously lived in South Africa for 27 years during the apartheid era, where she learnt to question and completely distrust the government. Seeing the harm the COVID lockdowns had on the children she teaches led her to investigate and issue probing Freedom of Information requests to public agencies. Jonathan Weissman lives in Northern Ireland and is a cybersecurity professional, who has researched the risks and harms of the Covid vaccines in his spare time. He shares his articles, conference presentations and podcasts at his website, alltherisks.com. His research interests include the 2020 pivotal clinical trials, contamination, toxicology, and epidemiology. There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing way of life. PANDA Open Sessions examine the scientific, political, societal and economic dimensions of these influences. Support more of our work at https://www.pandata.org/donate Presentation date: 14 February 2024

Dr Gary Sidley shares his findings on the specifics of who, what and how behavioural science (nudge) was used by the UK Government to manipulate the public into compliance with the draconian Covid interventions. This is not only vital as part of an inquiry into the damages of the Covid interventions, but provides a glimpse into the very concerning methods in manipulating an unwitting public. Dr Sidley discusses: 1. Scale of tax-funded behavioural scientists employment in the UK Government. 2. The civil servants, government ministers, advertising agency and behavioural scientists responsible for the ‘Look Them in The Eyes’ ad campaign. 3. The degree of responsibility the psychological/behavioural specialists in UK Government carry for the strategic deployment of fear, shame and scapegoating of UK citizens. 4. The Cabinet Office’s official justifications for the ad campaign. 5. Surprising lack of ethical considerations in the development of the ad campaign. Presented on 14 March 2024

The journey from the inception of early banking to the dynamic world of digital currencies unveils a fascinating pattern of escalating centralization. This exploration by Rahim Taghizadegan navigates through the intricate development of banking systems, unravels the significant role and impact of taxation, sheds light on the rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), and evaluates Bitcoin's compelling influence. He tackles pressing questions: What propels the momentum of financial centralization? How has the field of economics evolved through the centuries, and what role does it currently play in shaping the contours of financial centralization? Rahim Taghizadegan is the last Austrian economist of the Austrian School in the direct tradition and has been teaching at universities in Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, and South Africa. He has written over a dozen books, some of them best-sellers, and founded the private university Scholarium in Vienna. He is the chief economist of the Free Cities Foundation and an investor. Links: www.scholarium.at https://twitter.com/scholarium_at There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing way of life. PANDA Open Sessions examine the scientific, political, societal and economic dimensions of these influences. Support more of our work at https://www.pandata.org/donate Presentation: 24 January 2024

This talk summarizes Kevin Ryan’s path from investigation of the 9/11 crimes to noticing parallels between that and the events surrounding the Covid-19 crisis. He shares an overview of existing research on State Crimes Against Democracy (SCADs) and Structural Deep Events, and questions globally-coordinated deep state crimes. Kevin Ryan is a chemistry laboratory manager who was fired from his position at Underwriters Laboratories (UL) in 2004 for publicly questioning the World Trade Center investigation being conducted by UL and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In the summer of 2006, Ryan became co-editor of the Journal of 9/11 Studies, a position he holds to this day. Ryan is the author of Another Nineteen: Investigating Legitimate 9/11 Suspects and has authored or co-authored many articles on the subject. He is also a board member at the International Center for 9/11 Justice. Links: https://ic911.org https://twitter.com/KevinRyan911 There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing way of life. PANDA Open Sessions examine the scientific, political, societal and economic dimensions of these influences. Support more of our work at https://www.pandata.org/donate Presentation: 7 February 2024

15 November 2023 | The vast majority of participants in the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine randomised clinical trial were given a product that was manufactured by ‘Process 1’, a high quality in vitro transcription of synthetic DNA to generate the spike-producing mRNA. Data from this were used by regulators to give approval for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine. Only a relatively small number were given the ‘Process 2’ vaccine. This was the vaccine manufactured rapidly in huge numbers that was rolled out across the globe. ‘Process 2’ vaccines were generated by growing DNA plasmids in E. coli, which were then translated to the vaccine mRNA. In May 2023 Dr Josh Guetzkow and Professor Retsef Levi (of MIT) wrote a rapid response in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) stating, “Nobody was told that they’re actually getting a product that was different from the one that the clinical trial was run on, and so that means, essentially, that no one could have given informed consent.” https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj.o1731/rr-2 Dr Josh Guetzkow is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Criminology and department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He holds a BA, MA and PhD in Sociology. His PhD, from Princeton University, included advanced training in research methods and statistics. Josh carried out post doctoral research at Harvard University in Health Policy. He has published widely on both qualitative and quantitative methodology. In early 2021 Josh started gathering data and writing reports on ‘Covid vaccine adverse events’. He has used the CDC’s own published methodology on how to detect adverse vaccine events in VAERS.

18 July 2023 | Kevin McKernan is the CSO and Founder of Medicinal Genomics and has pioneered the genomics of cannabis and hemp to build a stronger scientific environment (http://Kannapedia.net) for the study of cannabis based therapeutics and blockchain technologies for tracking and verifying cannabis genetics. Previously, Kevin was the CSO of Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc., and was Vice President, and Director of R&D, of Life Technologies where he managed the development of Life Technologies next generation SOLiD sequencing technology. Integral to the SOLiD R&D process, Kevin oversaw over 100 research collaborations exploring the new biological frontiers with next generation sequencing and saw particular excitement and traction in human tumor sequencing. Kevin initiated an R&D project to investigate chemFET semiconductor based DNA sequencing and spearheaded a process to acquire the DNA sequencing company Ion Torrent for $350M. These collaborations resulted in hundreds of publications and 7 Journal covers from Science Translational Medicine to Nature. Kevin was the President and CSO of Agencourt Personal Genomics, a startup company he co-founded in 2005 to invent revolutionary sequencing technologies that dropped the cost of sequencing a human genome from $300M to $3,000; a 100,000-fold improvement in sequencing speed and cost in a few years. In 2000, Kevin Co-Founded Agencourt Biosciences Corporation and acted as the CSO until it was acquired by Beckman Coulter. Kevin also managed the R&D for the Human Genome Project at Whitehead Institute/MIT resulting in several patents for nucleic acid purification. Kevin holds a B.S. in Biology from Emory University with a focus on cloning and expressing Norepinephrine Transporters. When not decoding DNA and unraveling the mysteries of cannabis medicine, Kevin enjoy boating, skiing, and gardening. PANDA’s Open Science Sessions provide an opportunity for science, research and policy to be presented by various leading international experts in a variety of diverse fields. These sessions aim to broaden understanding and inspire new insights. Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

18 October 2022 | Mary Hauser and Jennifer Smith present an overview of the field of virology, covering the basics from virus structure to the mechanisms of viral infections to PCR testing. After receiving her Masters degree from the University of Georgia, Jennifer worked with world-renowned virologist Dr. Robert Webster analysing avian and human influenza viruses. Her team’s work lead to the development of an efficacious H5N3 poultry vaccine, and an H5N1 vaccine to be stockpiled for use in humans. Jennifer undertook a PhD with Dr. Webster. Her work on the ecology and evolution of avian influenza viruses had an impact on policies and practices regarding the sale of poultry in live animal markets in Southeast Asia. Upon completion of her PhD, she joined the NIAID Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance at the University of Georgia. In collaboration with the CDC, she assessed methods for improved delivery of vaccines for mass vaccination campaigns. Jennifer was also involved in research using parainflenza virus 5 as a novel vaccine vector for influenza, rabies, and mumps viruses, and has been involved in work testing candidate vaccines against hemorrhagic fever viruses. In 2016, she moved into public health, taking a position as an epidemiological specialist in the Disease Outbreak Control Division at the Hawaii Department of Health. Part of her responsibilities involved serving as the influenza surveillance coordinator. She was also instrumental in the COVID-19 pandemic response efforts by identifying and investigating cases and contact tracing. After obtaining a Bachelor degree in Chemistry, Mary received a PhD in Microbiology & Immunology from Wake Forest University. She subsequently carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Georgia and Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute. Her work in Virology and Immunology has involved studies with multiple virus families and contributed to the understanding of host-pathogen interactions including viral and cellular determinants of innate immune pathways, as well as structural changes of replicating viruses. Mary currently works at a biotech company in Georgia and directs evaluation of preclinical immunogenicity and efficacy of multi-antigen virus vectored vaccines. PANDA’s Open Science Sessions provide an opportunity for science, research and policy to be presented by various leading international experts in a variety of diverse fields. These sessions aim to broaden understanding and inspire new insights. Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

Nick Hudson's address to the jubilee convention of the Actuarial Society of South Africa on 11 October 2023. See more of PANDA's presentations at https://pandata.org/presentations/ Support our work at https://pandata.org/donate/

This presentation gives an overview of the thinking behind Climate Debate UK. Ben argues that there is a 'gap' between science and policy, which is obscured by green ideology. The following links give further information on the climate debate and why there is no climate crisis, https://climatedebate.co.uk/climate-debate/ and https://climatedebate.co.uk/why-there-is-no-climate-crisis/ Ben is an independent writer and researcher, filmmaker and commentator. He has been writing on the science and politics of climate and the environment for publications such as Spiked-online since the mid-2000s and is a frequent contributor to shows on GB News, Talk TV and others. He is the co-founder of Climate Debate UK, which helps the public, journalists and other organisations find the information necessary for democratic discussion about climate and energy policy. Ben is the Chair of the Together Declaration Cabinet Workgroup on Net Zero. He is the author of Together Declaration & Climate Debate UK report, ‘Is there an ‘air pollution crisis’ in UK cities?’ which demonstrated that neither the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) nor the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) could find evidence of a causal link between air pollution and mortality. Ben and his report have been quoted extensively in the media. His work can be found at the following sites: http://benpile.substack.com; UKclimatedebate.co.uk The Covid event has revealed that it was about more than just public health and the political, economic and societal aspects of the response are of far greater significance than the virus itself. There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing ways of life. Open Society Sessions aim to examine the political, societal and economic dimensions of our recent experience and analyse developments in the future. Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

Since the launch of the Covid-19 global vaccination campaign in December of 2020, vaccination in postsecondary education has been a contested issue, even as it has been embraced enthusiastically in Canadian postsecondary institutions. International evidence indicates that these institutions have achieved high vaccination rates and Canadian public health agencies exclude them entirely from the list of institutions at risk of outbreaks. On the other hand, influential observers, and postsecondary institutions themselves insist that not only achieving, but also maintaining, “up-to-date” vaccination - through mandates if necessary – remains critical to contain the crisis. However, with the increasing recognition that vaccines do not stop viral spread, that young populations are at an exceedingly low risk of severe Covid or death, that Covid injections themselves bear major risks, and that mandated medical interventions have a troubled history with repercussions to this day, the soundness of current vaccination policies in postsecondary institutions should be questioned. Drawing from the medicalization tradition, Claudia and Natalie Hemsing’s study explores, through in-depth interviews, how vaccination policies within and beyond postsecondary institutions have shaped perceptions of the Covid-19 crisis, beliefs about the role, risks, and benefits of vaccination, and life choices and chances of students in Canada. The study finds that students largely comply with vaccination policies, whether by conviction, convenience, or coercion, and that the discourse and social practices promoted by the policies limits opportunities for free debate and exchange across vaccination statuses. The high cost of noncompliance allows little space for resistance, present nonetheless regardless of this status. Claudia and Natalie discuss the implications of their findings for policy, equity, and for the power of medical social control more generally in the Covid-19 era. Claudia Chaufan, M.D., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Health Policy at York University, past Health Graduate Program Director, and past Fulbright Scholar. She is also an active member of the Scientific and Medical Advisory Committee of the Canadian Covid Care Alliance. Dr. Chaufan teaches and researches the social and political determinants of health, comparative health policy, the geopolitics of health, and medicalization and social control. She has published widely in academic and lay venues, has held NIH, CIHI, and SSHRC grants, and is editorial board member and reviewer for various refereed journals. Current projects include the politics of sanctions policy, the geopolitics of anti-Asian racism, and medicalization and social control in the Covid-19 era. The Covid event has revealed that it was about more than just public health and the political, economic and societal aspects of the response are of far greater significance than the virus itself. There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing ways of life. Open Society Sessions aim to examine the political, societal and economic dimensions of our recent experience and analyse developments in the future. Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

Mind control is much more simple than one could ever imagine and unfortunately it's also much more effective than one would ever imagine as well. Once you know how the mind control magician does his tricks, the magic show fails to impress. Jason's goal is to make mind control easy to understand for the general public, so that more and more people can sidestep the psychological manipulations that are destroying their lives. Jason Christoff runs an international psychological reprogramming institute where students are educated on the subjects of mind control, brainwashing, behavior modification and psychological manipulation. Jason's students then use their knowledge in these areas to help reprogram their clients into better versions of themselves on all levels. Jason believes that the social decay we openly see in our world today has only come about because key players in our society are using this manipulative psychology against most of humanity. If we are to survive and thrive in the upcoming years, Jason believes that each citizen must understand these processes, as to protect themselves from future psychological operations. Jason Christoff spoke at the International Covid Summit III at the European Union Parliament in May 2023. His presentation “Media over Medicine” is linked here (although the camera footage could have been better!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcvCP68meS4 The Covid event has revealed that it was about more than just public health and the political, economic and societal aspects of the response are of far greater significance than the virus itself. There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing ways of life. Open Society Sessions aim to examine the political, societal and economic dimensions of our recent experience and analyse developments in the future. Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

Prof Paul Frijters details a new academic initiative originating from the Dutch/Belgium resistance groups. Nova Academia intends to become a new academic institution, starting out as an international mentorship programme, then a 1-year campus-programme, then a full-on multi-year college programme. He talks about the plans, who is involved, what the target audience is, what has been built so far, how people in our networks can help or join, and how we could cooperate with other initiatives. This is especially for people with a sincere interest in constructively building alternative education systems. Paul Frijters is the Professor of Economics and Wellbeing at MBS College in Saudi Arabia. Previously, he was a Professor in Wellbeing Economics at the LSE, and he remains an emeritus professor. Prior to this Paul worked in Australia for 15 years and was the Research Director of the Rumici Project, an international project analysing the migration of people from the countryside to the cities in China and Indonesia. The project, which was sponsored by ministries, the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, and many others, tracked 20,000 individuals over many years. In 2009 he was voted Australia's best young economist under 40 by the Australian Economic Society. Paul has a Masters in Econometrics and a PhD entitled “wellbeing in Russia during the transition”. He publishes regularly in top 50 economics journals, as well as inter-disciplinary outlets and Handbooks. He has (co-)authored around 150 papers, 6 books and is in the top 1% of cited economists. Paul is interested in all aspects of social science, but particularly wellbeing and public policy. He has in the past worked as a health economist, a labour economist, a specialist on the economics of China, and an econometrician. The Covid event has revealed that it was about more than just public health and the political, economic and societal aspects of the response are of far greater significance than the virus itself. There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing ways of life. Open Society Sessions aim to examine the political, societal and economic dimensions of our recent experience and analyse developments in the future. Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

4 October 2023 | Medicine is an ancient profession and owes its longevity to adherence to a code of ethics, best summarized by the Hippocratic Oath. The devotion to one's patient, which implies "do not harm," is at the core of those medical ethics. The Hippocratic Oath has been abandoned, in part and in total, by most practicing physicians over the past several decades and this has led to a catastrophic fall from grace of the profession. How did this happen, and how can we restore Medicine? Richard Amerling, MD, was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School and the City College of New York, and then studied medicine at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, graduating with honours in 1981. He completed a medical residency at the New York Hospital Queens and a nephrology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. After 26 years as an academic nephrologist at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City, he accepted a position as Professor of Clinical Skills at St. George’s University in Grenada. Dr. Amerling was canceled there for refusing the experimental jab in 2021. From April till August 2020, he volunteered as a nephrologist at Bellevue Hospital in New York City and was Associate Medical Director for America’s Frontline Doctors from August 2021 to February 2022. In May 2022, Dr. Amerling and others founded The Wellness Company where he served as Chief Academic Officer through August 2023. Dr. Amerling is Past President of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and currently sits on their Board of Directors. PANDA’s Open Science Sessions provide an opportunity for science, research and policy to be presented by various leading international experts in a variety of diverse fields. These sessions aim to broaden understanding and inspire new insights. Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

20 September 2023 | During the Covid pandemic, virologist Jennifer Smith worked as an epidemiological specialist at the Hawai’i Department of Health (HDOH) where she was involved in the front line response efforts, monitoring travelers, investigating cases and executing contact tracing. However when Jennifer came forward to expose corruption by HDOH leadership, she was put on administrative leave and ultimately was discharged from her position without cause.  In this presentation Jennifer discusses her experience of being a whistleblower and the treatment she has received - from discharge through to the arbitration process. She has written about her experience in a book entitled ‘Pandemic in Paradise - an insider’s view of Covid corruption in Hawai’i’ (https://smithvirologist.com/book/) http://smithvirologist.com PANDA’s Open Science Sessions provide an opportunity for science, research and policy to be presented by various leading international experts in a variety of diverse fields. These sessions aim to broaden understanding and inspire new insights. Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

Paul Thacker is an American investigative journalist based in Spain and is founder of The DisInformation Chronicle, a newsletter that reports on corruption in science and medicine. Paul won a 2021 British Journalism Award for a series in The BMJ that investigated the financial interests of medical experts advising US and UK governments during the Covid-19 pandemic. A separate investigation Paul wrote for The BMJ looked at problems in the clinical trial for Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine. That article was the finalist for an investigative journalism award and is the most highly viewed article in all of science in 2021. Paul has written on conflicts of interests and corruption in science and medicine for multiple outlets over the years, including for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, NEJM, The New Republic, Vice, Slate, JAMA, Environmental Science & Technology, and Mother Jones. For several years Paul led a series of high profile investigations in the United States Senate looking into corruption in science and medicine. This work led to reforms in medicine, including passage of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act and heightened conflicts of interest policies at the National Institutes of Health. Some of this work was captured in a profile Nature Magazine written about Paul. Paul is a former Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard and has lectured on journalism and corruption in science at multiple universities including Harvard, Georgetown, MIT, Brown University, the University of Toronto, and the University of West Virginia. https://www.pauldthacker.com The Covid event has revealed that it was about more than just public health and the political, economic and societal aspects of the response are of far greater significance than the virus itself. There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing ways of life. Open Society Sessions aim to examine the political, societal and economic dimensions of our recent experience and analyse developments in the future. Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

The talk is based on the following article: https://pandata.org/the-people-will-not-save-us-perhaps-we-need-machiavellis-lions/ Chris Waldburger discuss why 'voting harder' will not prevent another Covid event and why liberal democracy cannot stave off the bio-security state. What, then, is to be done? Chris attempted to criticize a modern turn to nihilism as a lowly, small-scale scholar for years, both in literature and philosophy. Alongside this, he has had a somewhat bumpy ride as a school teacher, knocking his head against political correctness, egalitarianism, and lately, the abuse of children by authoritarian nanny-types with social distancing, face coverings and vaccine pressures. His writing began to reach a wider audience via Substack as he reported on the horrors of lockdowns and the failures of vaccines. You can find his work at chriswaldburger.substack.com. The Covid event has revealed that it was about more than just public health and the political, economic and societal aspects of the response are of far greater significance than the virus itself. There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing ways of life. Open Society Sessions aim to examine the political, societal and economic dimensions of our recent experience and analyse developments in the future. Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

6 September 2023 | The pharmaceutical industry was founded on small molecule products, where active ingredients were manufactured by fine chemical companies using long-established industrial processing. That meant the final dosage forms had excellent stability profiles with a typical shelf-life between two to five years. The simple chemical structures meant that different producers’ products could be tested against specifications and proven to be equivalent and therefore interchangeable. Storage conditions, in the main, were controlled room temperature (20°C), which was relatively easy to maintain within the required +/- 5°C in pharmaceutical warehouses of the day. Fast forward to today’s industry and the emergence of biologics—products made from living things. With the success of biologics such as monoclonal antibodies in treating certain diseases, rapid growth in this new type of drug ensued. The latest development in biologics is advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs). This presentation delves into the specific supply chain and regulatory compliance challenges, and risks to patient safety, associated with biologics and ATMPs. Hedley Rees has been running the UK-based consultancy PharmaFlow since 2005, specialising in operations and supply chain management in the biopharmaceutical industry. Hedley’s expertise is in the three phases of clinical trials (and preclinical if required) and ongoing distribution of products that have gained regulatory authorisations to market. Prior to that, he spent 16 years in senior roles in Big Pharma (Bayer) and 10 years in biotech (British Biotech, Vernalis and OSI Pharmaceuticals, now Astellas). Hedley is also a long-term advocate of paradigm shifting modernization in the biopharmaceutical industry, authoring Supply Chain Management in the Drug Industry: Delivering Patient Value for Pharmaceuticals and Biologics, published by Wiley, NJ in 2011. His next book for Wiley has the provisional title A Systems-Based Approach to Transforming Pharmaceutical Supply Chains: Transitioning from Patents to Patients, to be published in response to the many questions that have arisen during the C19 enigma. https://www.pharmaflowltd.com PANDA’s weekly Open Science Sessions provide an opportunity for science, research and policy to be presented by various leading international experts in a variety of diverse fields. These sessions aim to broaden understanding and inspire new insights. Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

With the Covid-19 theatre of global tragedy in apparent intermission, audiences everywhere may be speculating what new players and plotlines will appear on the world stage for Act II. Could a new viral outbreak “that’ll really get attention” (https://www.bitchute.com/video/tANGAQ9aCu6E/) be elemental to the rest of the script or will some other “catastrophic and catalyzing event” (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/sep/06/september11.iraq) stand in for the famous deadly viral vectors of disease? This presentation draws upon scholarship in communication theory and cognitive science as an effort to unfold and clarify the various ways in which deceptions are carried out by powerful organizations in the public discourse. Refining our powers of observation so as to recognize the major patterns of deception, it is argued, will have positive effects in our attempts to build solid intellectual self-defenses against further propaganda campaigns. Daniel Broudy is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Okinawa Christian University. He holds a doctorate in applied psycholinguistics and undertakes research on the signs, symbols, images, and colors used as rhetorical tools to engineer mass consent. His primary interests are on the modification of perception and emotion through the deployment of agitation and integration propaganda. He is a coauthor of Okinawa Under Occupation (Palgrave, 2017) and a coeditor for The Propaganda Model Today: Filtering Perception and Awareness (Westminster, 2018). He also serves as a coeditor for Propaganda in Focus and as a research associate with the International Interdisciplinary Research Team. The Covid event has revealed that it was about more than just public health and the political, economic and societal aspects of the response are of far greater significance than the virus itself. There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing ways of life. Open Society Sessions aim to examine the political, societal and economic dimensions of our recent experience and analyse developments in the future. Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

21 June 2023 | Sarah Choujounian is the co-founder of Canadian Frontline Nurses; proud advocates for medical freedom aimed at uniting nurses, educating the public and bringing the ethics back into healthcare by creating a new healthcare paradigm. Sarah Choujounian has been a nurse since 2004 and has spent most of her career working in a nursing home. Sarah was one of the first nurses to speak out against the lockdowns in Canada, and as a consequence was fired from both her nursing jobs. Her license to work as a nurse is now under investigation and she has been defamed by the media. She speaks here on who the Canadian Frontline Nurses are, what they have done, what they are creating and the challenges nurses are facing. Sarah has been working on creating the mental health initiative “Lighting Up Dark Corners”, created to empower people to explore the root cause of their mental health challenges and discover natural ways to heal and rise above their mental health issues by going to the root cause of the problem instead of numbing them with drugs and/or prescription medications. Sarah is known to be the voice of the voiceless and she intends to keep it that way. https://www.canadianfrontlinenurses.ca https://www.lightingupdarkcorners.com The Covid event has revealed that it was about more than just public health and the political, economic and societal aspects of the response are of far greater significance than the virus itself. There remains a continued drive toward the transformation of our societies in ways that threaten democracy and our existing ways of life. Open Society Sessions aim to examine the political, societal and economic dimensions of our recent experience and analyse developments in the future. Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate