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19 April 2022 | On January 24, 2022, attorney Thomas Renz represented a trio of whistleblowers at a hearing held by Senator Ron Johnson. He shared data showing apparent mass increases in health issues in the military since the start of vaccine rollouts. The DoD claimed these apparent increases were due to a glitch in the database. Upon examining the evidence, Mathew found an entirely different story: what appears to be mass data fraud that predates the so-called glitch, and likely represents masking of vaccine safety signals. Mathew Crawford is an applied statistician, financial quantitative trader, and educator. He is the founder of the MetaPrep Education Group that runs Rounding the Earth, and also the founder of Operation Uplift and the Campfire Wiki project. Currently he writes the Rounding The Earth Newsletter on Substack, a project that grew out of the frustration of censorship during the pandemic. Read more: https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/defining-away-vaccine-safety-signals-d83?s=r PANDA’s internal 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 lead to fascinating open discussions and debate and allow our scientists to broaden their understanding and inspire new ideas.

See the full video at https://rumble.com/v1bg2st-mathew-crawford-the-dmed-analysis-points-to-mass-data-fraud.html Mathew Crawford has found an entirely different story to that claimed by the DoD of a glitch in their database: what appears to be mass data fraud that predates the so-called glitch, and likely represents masking of safety signals.

Wellbeing cost-effectiveness analysis, applied to Covid policies. Watch the full video at: https://youtu.be/13Rs_Zk82-E

Wellbeing Cost-Effectiveness (CE) is a recently developed tool to evaluate and appraise the effects of large policies with effects in many areas. It builds on the huge literature concerned with the analysis of the question “how satisfied are individuals with their life?” and is taken to be the best measure of wellbeing we have. The CE methodology is based on the view that the task of government is to maximise the number of satisfied years its population lives. Relative to traditional economic or purely physical health based cost-benefit analysis, the wellbeing objective puts a lot of weight on mental health, social life, and the environment. The talk will explain the logic and key uses of this methodology, applying it to lockdowns in response to covid, whose negative effects, via the disruption to social life and mental health, outweigh the potential (but unlikely) benefits by huge multiples. The intention of the presentation is to alert scholars in the new enlightenment to the potential of this new tool-kit. 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. He does lab experiments, field experiments, big data analyses, simulation modelling, macro-modelling, econometric theory, micro theory, and field work. COVID-19 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.

The Covid Response and the Global Poor: Perspectives from Global Health and World History In this discussion, David Bell (PANDA) and Toby Green (Collateral Global) will discuss the devastating impacts of the Covid response in poor countries around the world: what has happened, why it has happened, and what can be done to make sure it does not happen again? They will bring their combined expertise in public health and world history and colonial history to the question of continuities of power and inequality, and how this reversion to the medical colonialism of the first half of the 20th century has taken place. COVID-19 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.

Watch the whole presentation at https://www.pandata.org/the-quest "I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost... But what is your final goal, you may ask. That goal will become clearer, will emerge slowly but surely, much as the rough draft turns into a sketch, and the sketch into a painting." from The Letters of Vincent van Gogh Many have observed that something was not right about the extreme measures and reactions to the pandemic response. Questions have become uncomfortable answers. Speculation has become truth. Conspiracy theories have become spoiler alerts. Challenge your assumptions in the Quest for Open Science.

"I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost... But what is your final goal, you may ask. That goal will become clearer, will emerge slowly but surely, much as the rough draft turns into a sketch, and the sketch into a painting." from The Letters of Vincent van Gogh Many have observed that something was not right about the extreme measures and reactions to the Covid response. Questions have become uncomfortable answers. Speculation has become truth. Conspiracy theories have become spoiler alerts. Challenge your assumptions in the Quest for Open Science. https://www.pandata.org/the-quest

Author Marc Morano will discuss how climate change and viral concerns are being combined by the ruling class globally. From the World Economic Forum to Bill Gates to the UN, the WHO, and your local government, your freedom to travel, earn a living, decide what you eat, are now being taken over by "emergencies" that lead to "endless crises" pushing unelected bureaucrats to force you to do things you don't want. Marc will discuss climate change, energy, COVID, and how your freedoms are being stripped away by governments around the world. Marc Morano, the award-winning producer, writer and host of "Climate Hustle" is one of the highest-profile voices of climate skeptics in the world today. He currently serves as executive editor and chief correspondent for CFACT’s award-winning ClimateDepot.com, a news and information service he founded in 2009. Morano has authored "Green Fraud: Why the Green New Deal Is Even Worse than You Think" as well as “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change.” He served as a senior staffer at the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. COVID-19 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.

A WHO-led Pandemic Treaty is a Terrible Idea. Here's Why (in 2 mins). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, WHO's 2nd largest donor, has invested over $200 million in the pharmaceutical industry. The media remain silent. Dr David Thunder cannot. https://davidthunder.substack.com/p/heres-why-a-who-led-global-pandemic Support David's work in defence of a free and open society by subscribing to The Freedom Blog: https://davidthunder.substack.com/

What is the Proper Role of Expert Knowledge in the Management of a Public Crisis? Some Lessons From the Covid-19 Pandemic In this presentation, David offers a preliminary explanation and assessment of the role of expert knowledge in national and international responses to Covid-19, and attempt to draw some general conclusions relevant to future crises, whether concerning public health, pandemics, climate change, or food and energy shortages. These reflections will feed into a book entitled “The Limits of Centralised Governance as a Tool of Crisis Management: Five lessons from the Covid Pandemic”. Dr David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer in political philosophy at the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra. He has held several academic positions, including Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Theory at Bucknell University and Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Princeton University’s James Madison Program. Dr Thunder earned his BA and MA in philosophy at University College Dublin, and his Ph.D. in political science at the University of Notre Dame. In 2016, he was awarded with a prestigious five-year Ramón y Cajal grant (2017-21) by the Spanish government in recognition of his outstanding research achievements. David’s professional passion is the study of the conditions under which a free and flourishing human society can be created and preserved over time. This fundamental concern has led him to develop a special interest in governance under conditions of complexity, the role of civil society associations in a free society, and normative theories of federalism. His writings include Citizenship and the Pursuit of the Worthy Life (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and The Ethics of Citizenship in the 21st Century (edited volume, Springer, 2019), and numerous articles in prominent peer reviewed journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, Political Theory, The Journal of Social Philosophy, and the Journal of Business Ethics. His contributions to public debate include appearances on Newstalk, TV3’s The Tonight Show and GB News’s Uncancelled. He has also contributed op eds to The Irish Times and numerous Spanish newspapers, including El Mundo, El País, and Diario de Navarra. You can find David’s commentary on current affairs at http://davidthunder.substack.com/ Extra reading: https://davidthunder.substack.com/p/the-catastrophic-harms-of-expert?r=wlowt&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct COVID-19 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.

8 March 2022 | The Israeli Ministry of Health (MoH) conducted an actual survey of about two thousand people 3-4 weeks after they received the third (booster) shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, asking them about the adverse events they experienced following vaccination. The results are absolutely devastating to the COVID-19 vaccine programme and the push for vaccine mandates. Read Josh's Substack post: https://jackanapes.substack.com/p/the-israeli-ministry-of-health-actually-db7?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Josh Guetzkow, PhD is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor equivalent) in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology and the Institute of Criminology at the Hebrew University. He is a former post-doctoral fellow with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy program at Harvard University. His academic research focuses on bringing theories of culture and institutions to bear on the study of the criminal justice system and social inequality using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. PANDA's Open Science Sessions promote free discussion and debate on provocative science-related topics, main stream and otherwise. As such, the material in the presentations and Q+A does not necessarily represent the views of PANDA, its management or members.

Cockup or Conspiracy? Understanding COVID-19 as a ‘Structural Deep Event’ Watch the full session at https://youtu.be/zfdxboovjv8

What is the proper role of expert knowledge in the management of a public crisis?

Cockup or Conspiracy? Understanding COVID-19 as a ‘Structural Deep Event’ As debate over ‘The Science’ has increased, people are questioning whether there was more to COVID-19 in terms of underlying agendas, in particular with respect to global-level actors. Was it incompetence or coordination? Dr Piers Robinson is co-director of the Organisation for Propaganda Studies and was Chair/Professor in Politics, Society ad Political Journalism, University of Sheffield, 2016-2019. He researches and writes on propaganda, media, international politics and conflict. He is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Media, Conflict and Security (2018) and has published articles in journals including the Review of International Studies, Journal of Communication, Critical Sociology, Journal of Peace Research, European Journal of Communication, Political Science Quarterly, International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, Media, Culture and Society, Political Studies and Media, War and Conflict. Useful links: https://www.pandata.org/cock-up-or-conspiracy/ COVID-19 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.

1 March 2022 | SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccines: Is the Risk Worth the Benefit? The COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely disruptive of our lifestyle and in some cases of our livelihood. We have been led to believe that the new mRNA technology is a godsend, and that a massive vaccination campaign is the only way we can restore sanity to our lives. However, the biotech industry and government regulators have behaved recklessly in their aggressive attempts to get as many people as possible vaccinated with these poorly evaluated, experimental new pharmaceutical products in record time. In this talk, Dr Seneff presents evidence based on the peer-reviewed research literature that these injections may cause an increase in neurodegenerative, autoimmune, oncological and cardiovascular diseases. A fascinating story emerges about the multitude of ways in which the spike protein, produced by cells under the direction of the genetic code in the injections, disrupts homeostasis and potentially causes severe long-term negative consequences. Dr. Stephanie Seneff is a Senior Research Scientist at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She has a BS degree from MIT in biology and MS, EE and PhD degrees from MIT in electrical engineering and computer science. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings. Her recent interests have focused on the role of toxic chemicals and micronutrient deficiencies in health and disease, with a special emphasis on the pervasive herbicide, Roundup, and the mineral, sulfur. Since 2008, she has authored over three dozen peer-reviewed journal papers related to biochemistry and toxicology, and has delivered numerous slide presentations at conferences around the world. She is the author of a new book on glyphosate, titled "Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment," which was released by Chelsea Green publishers on July 1, 2021. This book was selected by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best non-fiction books of 2021. PANDA's Open Science Sessions promote free discussion and debate on provocative science-related topics, main stream and otherwise. As such, the material in the presentations and Q+A does not necessarily represent the views of PANDA, its management or members.

22 February 2022 | Dr. Wiseman is a research scientist with a background in pharmacy, pharmacology and experimental pathology. David obtained his PhD in “Lymphocyte-induced angiogenesis and lymphocyte high endothelial cell interactions” from the University of Manchester, and then carried out research on “The role of macrophages in wound and tumor angiogenesis. Macrophage subpopulations, role of TGFbeta and TNFalpha in angiogenesis and macrophage migration” as a postdoctoral scientist at Northwestern University. David has also worked as a research scientists at Johnson & Johnson where he headed up a research program overseeing preclinical and clinical studies as well as submissions to the FDA. Since 1996 David has run his own R&D consulting business, helping companies develop medical products. He is also a journal peer-reviewer. Since the start of the “Covid pandemic” David has put his other work on hold, and has spent much of the last two years researching, writing and advocating for early treatment, particularly the use of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. David has also taken a keen interest in the data regarding the roll out and continued use of the Covid-19 vaccines, and has appeared at, and supplied evidence for, various FDA and CDC meetings regarding the both roll out of the vaccines to various age groups, and the the use of booster doses. On top of all of this David has also appeared at various other scientific meetings related to Covid-19 and it’s treatment, including Senator Ron Johnson’s recent panel discussion “Covid-19: A Second Opinion” (https://rumble.com/vt8n22-dr.-david-wiseman-full-highlights-senator-ron-johnson-covid-19-a-second-opi.html) PANDA’s internal 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 lead to fascinating open discussions and debate and allow our scientists to broaden their understanding and inspire new ideas. PANDA's Open Science Sessions promote free discussion and debate on provocative science-related topics, main stream and otherwise. As such, the material in the presentations and Q+A does not necessarily represent the views of PANDA, its management or members.

Why does it feel that when we talk, people can't hear us? In this #OpenScience snippet, Dr Colin Alexander suggests there is a Coronavirus Propaganda of Virtue that creates the divide that affects our communication. Watch his full presentation titled "Coronavirus, Propaganda and States of Fear" at https://bit.ly/3tqe0Iq

Rob Verkerk PhD is the founder, executive and scientific director of the UK-based non-profit, the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) International, that works globally to promote and protect our right to manage our health through natural and sustainable means. His nearly 40 years’ experience, as well as his extensive academic background in ecology and sustainable agriculture, including an MSc, PhD and postdoctoral fellowship at Imperial College London, helped him develop his passion for applying ecological and sustainability principles to human health. Since 2020, Dr Verkerk and his team at ANH have been working with a growing network to evaluate science, policies and multi-disciplinary prophylaxis and treatment strategies relating to the Covid-19 pandemic. Central to ANH’s mission is facilitating the emergence of more sustainable approaches to human health and care that work with, rather than against, natural law, order and process. PANDA’s internal 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 lead to fascinating open discussions and debate and allow our scientists to broaden their understanding and inspire new ideas.

Dr Jessica Rose is a Canadian researcher with a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Mathematics and a Master's degree in Immunology from Memorial University of Newfoundland. She also holds a PhD in Computational Biology from Bar Ilan University and 2 Post Doctoral degrees: one in Molecular Biology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and one in Biochemistry from the Technion Institute of Technology. Her recent research efforts are aimed at descriptive analysis of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) data in efforts to make this data accessible to the public. In this interview with Bruce Girdler, Jessica takes a look at what her research is uncovering...and reveals a few things you may not have known about herself. You can follow Jessica here: https://www.jessicasuniverse.com/ Jessica's Substack: https://jessicar.substack.com/

15 December 2021 - Dr. Colin Alexander is Senior Lecturer in Political Communications within the School of Arts and Humanities at Nottingham Trent University. His research interests cover areas such as political propaganda – particularly global trends in information flows, diplomacy and public diplomacy, East Asian and Asia-Pacific international relations and moral philosophy. For more info, go to https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/arts-humanities/colin-alexander PANDA’s internal 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 lead to fascinating open discussions and debate and allow our scientists to broaden their understanding and inspire new ideas.

I spoke with PANDA chairman Nick Hudson about Covid-19 as a battle of ideologies. How is it that those who are otherwise critical of the government and mainstream media are not questioning the official Covid-19 narrative? Full interview (Oct. 2021): https://www.thelastamericanvagabond.com/nick-hudson-interview-covid-operation-battle-ideologies/

11 January 2022 - Josh Guetzkow, PhD is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor equivalent) in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology and the Institute of Criminology at the Hebrew University. He is a former post-doctoral fellow with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy program at Harvard University. His academic research focuses on bringing theories of culture and institutions to bear on the study of the criminal justice system and social inequality using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. PANDA’s internal 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 lead to fascinating open discussions and debate and allow our scientists to broaden their understanding and inspire new ideas.

4 January 2022 - Norman Fenton is Professor of Risk Information Management at Queen Mary University of London and a Director of Agena, a company that specialises in risk management for critical systems. He is a mathematician whose current focus is on critical decision-making and, in particular, on quantifying uncertainty using causal, probabilistic models that combine data and knowledge (Bayesian networks). This has been applied to many different application domains, but most recently to law and forensics (he has been an expert witness in major criminal and civil cases), and health (he led a major collaborative project to develop improved decision-support tools for chronic health conditions). Since March 2020 Norman has been active in analysing Covid data, exposing problems with the way this has been presented to the general public. PANDA’s internal 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 lead to fascinating open discussions and debate and allow our scientists to broaden their understanding and inspire new ideas.

Governments and organisations worldwide have used short media videos comprehensively to push messages of fear and compliance. By using these videos to illustrate the level of manipulation that is being orchestrated, you can become more aware of it and future propaganda. When this video was released in March 2021, the original version hosted on YouTube had 4.9k likes and 17k dislikes. Perhaps there were many out there with whom this message jarred. Perhaps it was their unconscious processes telling them this video did not feel honest, did not feel sincere. PANDA's Breaking the Chains campaign encourages viewers to increase cognitive dissonance and gives individuals the virtual space in which to change their minds.

We have been told repeatedly that ‘we are all in this together’ - we must stay at home to save lives, no matter the cost to ourselves or our families. What if it turned out that we are all being taken for fools? What if this public health crisis has been hijacked by those with vested financial interests, with the aid of a highly conflicted media? And what if some people are actually having a really good pandemic and are profiting from the suffering of others less fortunate? Would you believe the evidence if it was right before your eyes?