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28 February 2023 | Dr Martin Wucher provides a "crumb-trail" of research and investigation to develop a new model, highlighting the origin, pathology and solutions for the phenomenon of "Long Covid". Namibia-based Dr Martin Wucher has a BSc. in Zoology and Microbiology from Rhodes University, South Africa, as well as a BChD in Dentistry at University of Pretoria, South Africa. He has lectured widely on topics of dentistry, human and business management, and functional medicine with a special focus on chronic disease, mitochondrial and frequency medicine. 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. See more of our Open Science Sessions here: www.pandata.org/open-science-sessions/ Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

1 March 2023 | As universities in the United States continue to mandate liability-free injections (COVID vaccines) for students at limited risk of contracting COVID, it becomes imperative that more public information be made available for the ingredients of these experimental vaccines. Both the EMA and the TGA have made note of fragmented RNA and smeary western blots suggesting the vaccine manufacturing process lacks fidelity and transparency. Shortly after the TGA data was released, Patel et al. (Pfizer) published a paper attempting to defuse these concerns. This technical presentation and article at https://anandamide.substack.com/p/curious-kittens investigate this finding. 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 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. See more of our Open Science Sessions here: www.pandata.org/open-science-sessions/ Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

24 January 2023 | Dr. Gutschi is a pharmacotherapeutic specialist with extensive experience in evidence-based medicine, critical care, antimicrobial therapy, and mentoring and teaching pharmaceutical care. She has been involved in pharmaceutical drug assessment and formulary management, and the preparation of educational materials and research reports for the Canadian Pharmacist Association and for regulatory agencies. She has been employed as a scientific officer for the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board in Canada, and as a clinical pharmacist for the Canadian Forces Health Service Centre, and as a pharmacy consultant for small hospitals to meet multiple accreditation standards. 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. See more of our Open Science Sessions here: www.pandata.org/open-science-sessions/ Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/ * Our apologies for the poor sound quality

Recorded 26 February 2023 - Sound only The term propaganda comes up often in explanations of the Covid phenomenon. What is the super structure of propaganda? What differentiates it from stories that are true? What signs can we look for that might tell us whether we are hearing a fabricated, agenda-driven narrative, as opposed to an honest account of some aspect of reality? Listen to PANDA's Nick Hudson and Gal G in conversation with PANDA's Dr Piers Robinson, Patrick Henningsen, Dr Gary Sidley, Andrew Lowenthal, Dr Yaffa Shir-Raz and Dr Michael Nevradakis.

Fabio Vighi is Professor of Critical Theory and Italian at Cardiff University, UK, where he has been since 2000. Prior to that he lectured in Italian studies at Portsmouth University. He obtained a PhD at Reading University in 1999, and graduated from the University of Bologna (Italy) in 1994. Fabio’s research focuses on critical theory, continental philosophy, theoretical psycho-analysis and film. His current research focuses on the ideology of 'emergency capitalism' in connection with the analysis of global challenges currently faced by the capitalist mode of production. Fabio has published several books, his most recent is "Unworkable: Delusion of an Imploding Civilization" (2022). 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. Watch more Open Society Sessions: https://www.pandata.org/open-society-sessions/ Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

Andrew Lowenthal is the co-founder and former executive director of EngageMedia, an Asia-Pacific digital rights, open and secure technology, and documentary film non-profit. He is a former fellow of Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, and MIT's Open Documentary Lab. Whilst director, EngageMedia produced the Pandemic of Control - a series on Covid-19 and digital authoritarianism. More recently Andrew has written about the 'anti-disinformation' industry as tool for information suppression. He is in the process of developing new initiatives on digital authoritarianism including writing at networkaffects.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. Watch more Open Society Sessions: https://www.pandata.org/open-society-sessions/ Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

Arta Moeini is the Director of Research at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy (IPD), a North American international affairs think tank committed to advancing the principles of realism and restraint in the English-speaking world. Dr. Moeini is an international political theorist and a revisionist scholar of Nietzsche and Modernity whose interests lie at the nexus of contrasting traditions of political realism, culture and politics, and international relations theory. His dissertation, The Case for Anthro-Culturalism: A Nietzschean Rejoinder to MacIntyre’s Critique of Modernity, is an in-depth exegesis of the works of Alasdair MacIntyre and Friedrich Nietzsche, which argues that the fundamental pathology afflicting Modernity is not valuelessness (i.e., axiological crisis) but meaninglessness and will-lessness (i.e., an onto-practical crisis), the latter having profound cultural, political, and international ramifications. Moeini’s current research focuses on the interplay between history of ideas and foreign policy, drawing attention to how a universalist ideology and cosmopolitan elite formation processes combine to secure and advance domestic and international hegemony for a global liberal establishment increasingly facing a legitimacy crisis. He is the author of numerous studies and white papers published by IPD on the future of the international system, the decline of the liberal international order, and the rise of middle powers. His writings have previously appeared in UnHerd, The National Interest, and The American Conservative among others. Dr. Moeini holds B.A. in Political Science and Near Eastern Studies from the University of California Berkeley, an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS, and a Ph.D. (with distinction) and M.A. in Government from Georgetown University. See more at Peacediplomacy.org 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. Watch more Open Society Sessions: https://www.pandata.org/open-society-sessions/ Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

In this presentation, Dr Amrei Müller gives an update of the on-going revision of the International Health Regulations (IHR) at WHO and evaluate it from a human rights (law) perspective. Whilst focusing on the recently collated amendments to the IHR that have been proposed by WHO member states, the parallel process of the negotiation of a new multilateral treaty on pandemic preparedness and response will also be taken account of. After a brief overview of the parallel processes so far, the Global Health Security (GHS) doctrine is introduced. It is this doctrine that underlies the substantive proposals for the amendments of the IHR (and for the new treaty). These substantive proposals – among them the considerable broadening of the scope of application of the IHR, the building of global biomedical digital surveillance system (including through use of vaccine passports), the fast-track development of investigational vaccines and other medical products, infodemic management, etc. – are then examined. Overall, if adopted, the amended IHR (and the new treaty) will extend and entrench in international health law the top-down, securitised approach to the management of infectious disease outbreaks that dominated the WHO-led global response to Covid-19. This does not only imply a conclusive move away from time-tested holistic pre-Covid approaches to managing infectious disease outbreaks. It is also highly likely that it will bring the revised IHR and the new treaty into conflict with states’ duties to respect, protect and fulfil human rights, as well as with WHO’s responsibilities for human rights. Amrei Müller is currently a lecturer/assistant professor at Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland. She has obtained a PhD in Law from the University of Nottingham, UK. She has researched and published extensively in the area of human rights law, including on international, European and comparative human rights law, the (democratic) institutional dimensions of human rights law, and the human rights to health and science (including in global health emergencies and WHO context). See also: https://people.ucd.ie/amrei.muller

31 January 2023 | Nick St James* is an independent investigator with university experience in epidemiology and virology. In this presentation, he looks at the medical anthropology of the Special Virus-Cancer Programme which spanned 1964-1977, integrating into the NIH just as HIV emerged in public health. Nick’s original HIV Lab Origin Timeline and his Level 150 discussion, a companion piece to the timeline, can be seen here: https://rumble.com/v24j3qs-medical-anthropology-presentation-003.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. See more of our Open Science Sessions here: www.pandata.org/open-science-sessions/ Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/ *Name is a pseudonym

Recorded on 5 February 2023 - Sound only While the debate on the origins of the virus has raged, what is clear is that it was principally the narrative around Covid and the departure in the response to Covid that contributed to the excess deaths seen. As with the viral origins debate, the narrative origins debate has generated multiple hypotheses. Whatever the story, its likely quite complex. While the aim of this PANDA Twitter Space was not to land on answers, but rather to enrich perspective, the speakers are some of those who have done deep thinking on these questions. Listen to PANDA's Nick Hudson and Gal G in conversation with Will Jones of the Daily Sceptic, Dr Mike Yeadon, Dr Lynn Fynn, Dr Clare Craig, Michael Senger and more.

Carl Schmitt famously criticized liberal democracy as illusory: the state is in fact always theological, top-down, and unitary. This is made most evident in the state of emergency or exception. The Covid event has seemingly vindicated this critique, and shows us the futility of anything less than political assault on our ruling class. Appealing to liberal mores, in the face of 'health fascism', will accomplish nothing. A new 'theology', a new state, is the only solution. Chris Waldburger 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 latterly, the abuse of children by authoritarian nanny-types with social distancing and 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.) His work with PANDA includes some writing and thinking the philosophical underpinnings of the emergence of the Covid event from the wrong-turns of the postwar west. The pandemic 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 more Open Society Sessions: https://www.pandata.org/open-society-sessions/ Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

Since 1999, author Ray McGinnis has taught journal writing workshops for people dealing with grief and loss, to first responders, and in health care facilities. He has also taught poetry writing and memoir workshops across North America. Ray is interested in the stories we tell, the narratives we trust, and how this shapes our world. This includes not just personal stories, but news headlines like the narrative about September 11, and other headlines that saturate citizens with slanted media messages. Earlier in his career, Ray was a program staff in education for the United Church of Canada, serving in several congregations, as well as at the denominations national office (1986-95). He lives in Vancouver, Canada. Ray McGinnis has authored "Unanswered Questions: What the September Eleventh Families Asked and the 9/11 Commission Ignored" (2021), and previously, "Writing the Sacred: A Psalm-inspired Path to Appreciating and Writing Sacred Poetry" (2005). Ray has written several articles for Propaganda In Focus and his latest is the topic of this presentation: https://propagandainfocus.com/justin-trudeau-and-the-politics-of-possible-the-emergencies-act-inquiry-in-canada-and-the-triumph-of-propaganda/ The pandemic 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 more Open Society Sessions: https://www.pandata.org/open-society-... Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

17 January 2023 | Mathew Crawford ties loose ends together with a presentation on the healthy user bias (or healthy vaccinee bias). Through this he demonstrates that the Covid-19 vaccines have no effectiveness whatsoever. 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 at https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/, a project that grew out of the frustration of censorship during the Covid-19 pandemic. Mathew also, with Liam Sturgess, hosts interviews on his Rounding the Earth, Roundtable Talks. Watch them at https://rumble.com/c/RoundingTheEarth 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 more of our Open Science Sessions here: www.pandata.org/open-science-sessions/ Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

Since the collapse of state socialism, and the unleashing of speculative capitalism, societies are increasingly being governed by a politics of fear. In the West we are in a situation in which the Covid state of emergency is beginning to unravel. With growing numbers of people dying in age groups where they shouldn’t be, and many more suffering from side effects of the experimental injections that were supposedly able to ward off infection, expert opinion that the Covid virus emerged from a biowarfare laboratory, and that the pharmaceutical industry is exploiting the situation, is gaining ground. Yet, discrimination on the basis of ‘vaccine’ status was believed rational from the perspective of a ruling class seeking to impose discipline. Now that it appears as if ‘pandemic narrative’ is losing its effectiveness, like ‘terrorism’ before it, other options are being explored. These include replacing money with Central Bank Digital Currencies tied to social credit; climate emergencies; and nuclear war scares. Prof Kees Van Der Pijl was a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Amsterdam, and from 2000 until 2012 professor at the University of Sussex, UK. He is a published author, having written: The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class (1984, new edition 2012). Global Rivalries from the Cold War to Iraq (2006). The Discipline of Western Supremacy (2014). Flight MH17, Ukraine and the New Cold War (2018). States of Emergency. Keeping the Global Population in Check (2022). He has edited several collections, most recently The Militarization of the European Union (2021). The pandemic 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 more Open Society Sessions: https://www.pandata.org/open-society-sessions/ Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

22 November 2022 | The Israeli MOH had no adverse events reporting system for the entire year of 2021. They commissioned a research team to analyze the reports from a new system implemented on December 2021. A leaked video reveals that in June, the researchers presented serious findings to the MOH, that indicated long-term effects, including some not listed by Pfizer, and a causal relationship. The Ministry published a manipulative report, and told the public that no new signal was found. Yaffa Shir-Raz, PhD, is a risk communication researcher and a teaching fellow at the University of Haifa and Reichman University. Her area of research focuses on health and risk communication, including Emerging Infectious Disease (EID) communication, such as the H1N1 and the Covid-19 outbreaks. She examines the practices used by the pharmaceutical industry and health authorities and organisations, to promote health issues and brand medical treatments. She also assesses censorship practices used by corporations and by health organisations to suppress dissenting voices in the scientific discourse. Yaffa is also a health journalist, and the editor of the Israeli Real-Time Magazine. Shahar Gavish is a researcher at the Israeli Public Emergency Council For The Covid-19 Crisis (PECC) and a proud PANDA with background in math, probability and risk management. 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 more of our Open Science Sessions here: www.pandata.org/open-science-sessions/ Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

Hugh McCarthy, based in Northern Ireland, started his campaign in support of children in May 2020. He felt the pandemic response was wrong from the start, both morally and, as he came to see, scientifically. Hugh believed that the impact of any policies implemented should have placed children uppermost, yet this did not happen, and decisions were made solely from the perspective of adults. Hugh has been a lone professional voice in Northern Ireland on this topic. In this detailed presentation, he examines the validity of the restrictive policies which caused the harms - did masks, PCR tests and lockdowns/school closures work or is there evidence of their harms? 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 more of our Open Science Sessions here: www.pandata.org/open-science-sessions/ Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

"A courageous streak of idealism and stubborn integrity pitched Dr. Robert Malone off the giddy heights of the Medical Cartel. Stranded in the wilderness, he has emerged as the most important prophet for medical freedom, public health, and civil rights." ~ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dr Malone's insights into the government side of the Covid story have proven essential to providing perspective on the events that have shaped our recent lives. This is PANDA's full interview of Dr Malone, recorded as part of our Deafening Silencing series on censorship, where he not only speaks about his censorship, but also about his life and his work in the public eye. Read more at https://www.rwmalonemd.com/ Dr Malone writes at https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/ Watch PANDA's Deafening Silencing series at https://www.pandata.org/deafening-silencing/ Keep the conversation open. Support PANDA's work at https://www.pandata.org/donate/

23 November 2022 | "The world is at a crossroads of financial crisis and opportunity with the public losing faith in government, the global financial system and fiat currencies in general. Essentially, there is no guarantee that your money is safe and its purchasing power will persist”. Applied Statistician and Financial Quantitative Trader, Mathew Crawford and Quantitative Analyst and Chief Technology Officer, Joel Smalley put forward two competing options as "future money" - Bitcoin and commodity-backed tokens - both underpinned by blockchain technology but otherwise quite different. The former is natively digital and independent of any real-world asset, secured using Proof-of-Work consensus, the other is the "digital twin" of a real-world asset, secured using Proof-of-Stake consensus. The discussion centres around those principal differences, their relative pros and cons that may, or may not, see either of them emerge as the future of money. The pandemic 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 more Open Society Sessions: https://www.pandata.org/open-society-sessions/ Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

#censorship #propaganda “The medical aspect of this is just a skirmish. The big fight is about centralised power and globalism” Dr Robert Malone is one of the early pioneers of the mRNA technology for vaccines. Following his prior involvements with bio-defence related vaccine R&D, in January 2020 he was contacted by a US government agency to assemble a team to study the ‘novel virus’ to help inform the public health response in the USA. Shortly after beginning to research Covid-19 and possible treatments, he experienced consistent censorship, smearing, and de-platforming from social media. He has also witnessed a ruthless campaign to erase his earlier professional contributions. “It drives people towards radicalisation, when it (censorship) happens to you.” Watch interviews with more silenced voices at https://www.pandata.org/deafening-silencing/ Interviewed by Heike Brunner Keep the conversation open. Support PANDA's work at https://www.pandata.org/donate/

Dr Ewa Sidorenko is originally from Poland where she was involved in student political activism against the communist system. Ewa has been in the UK since the 1980s. She received her PhD in 1998 for her thesis: ‘Neo-liberalism after communism: Constructing a sociological account of the political space of post-1989 Poland’. She has taught sociology at Goldsmiths’ University of London, Royal Holloway University of London, and the Open University. Most recently she taught at the Faculty of Education, University of Greenwich. She has published on postmodern uncertainty, identity, community arts, and research methodologies. She is currently completing a research project about the impact of Brexit on The Polish community in UK. Ewa was a left activist in the Labour Party until the election of Keir Starmer, and has supported campaigns for Julian Assange. She is a member of Left Lockdown Sceptics group and occasionally writes for OffGuardian. The pandemic 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 more Open Society Sessions: https://www.pandata.org/open-society-sessions/ Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate

13 September 2022 | Dr Meryl Nass is a board-certified internal medicine physician whose license to practice was suspended in early 2022. Dr Nass has given 6 Congressional testimonies and testified for legislatures in Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Alaska, Colorado and New Brunswick, Canada on bioterrorism, Gulf War syndrome and vaccine safety/vaccine mandates. Meryl consulted for the World Bank, the Government Accountability Office, the Cuban Ministry of Health and the US Director of National Intelligence regarding the prevention, investigation and mitigation of chemical and biological warfare and pandemics. Her body of work includes being the first person in the world to investigate an anthrax outbreak and prove it was due to biological warfare during Rhodesia’s civil war, publishing the results in 1992. Dr Nass along with Robert F Kennedy Jr. and the NGO, Childrens' Health Defense, authored a Citizen’s Petition to the FDA regarding the Covid vaccines' authorizations and their single approval, as well as a letter to the FDA and its vaccine advisory committee regarding the many reasons the vaccines are not suitable for children. Meryl is also the author of detailed articles regarding the suppression of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin as options for treatment of Covid, which have been read by over 50,000 people on her website alone, with coverage of her work by major US newspapers, TV networks, and numerous alternative channels. Follow her on her Substack channel: https://merylnass.substack.com 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 more of our Open Science Sessions here: www.pandata.org/open-science-sessions/ Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

27 September 2022 | Tim Noakes' promotion of the idea that the prevention and reversal of most modern chronic diseases can be achieved by dietary means and not by the prescription of patented pharmaceutical products, might explain why he was targeted for cancellation by both his alma mater, the University of Cape Town, and his profession. Tim spent his academic career at the University of Cape Town (UCT) from 1969 to 2014 earning the MBChB, MD and DSc degrees; the Order of Mapungubwe (Silver) from the State President of South Africa and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Research Foundation. A recent analysis has found that he is the third most-cited medical researcher in South Africa; the second highest from UCT. He is also the world's third most-cited living Sports Scientist. However none of this was sufficient to protect him in 2014 from being “cancelled” by the UCT Medical Faculty with support from the then UCT Vice-Chancellor. His crime was that he dared to present the evidence that the dietary advice promoted by that institution and essentially all medical faculties around the world, contributes to the global obesity/diabetes pandemic and that the first step in reversing these pandemics would be to tell this truth to the public. This presentation looks at some of his findings. See more about the Noakes Foundation at https://thenoakesfoundation.org/ 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 more of our Open Science Sessions here: www.pandata.org/open-science-sessions/ Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

26 July 2022 | Dr. Jessica Rose has a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics, a Master's in Medicine in Immunology, and a PhD in Computational Biology. She has also undertaken two Post-Doctoral studies in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Not long after the completion of her second Post Doc in December 2019, the Covid-19 pandemic was declared. Jessica used this as an opportunity to pursue the task of analysing the VAERS data from the United States. She has published her findings in the journal 'Science, Public Health Policy and the Law' and has two other publications in peer review - both pertaining to VAERS data. One of the manuscripts is a critical appraisal of VAERS pharmacovigilance and the other is a review of myocarditis adverse events. Jessica has also created a website that publishes her data live called ‘I do not consent’ (https://i-do-not-consent.netlify.app). 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 more of our Open Science Sessions here: www.pandata.org/open-science-sessions/ Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

6 September 2022 | Joel Wallskog is an orthopedic surgeon who has been in private practice since 2002. After obtaining his medical degree, Joel completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery, and also undertook training specialising in joint replacement surgery. Since 2009 Joel has worked at Aurora Healthcare where he has developed a large successful orthopedic practice focusing on joint replacement. He has extensive experience in revision joint replacement and hip resurfacing. For many years, he has been on the clinical faculty for the Medical College of Wisconsin, training fourth- and fifth-year orthopedic surgery residents on improving their surgical skills. Although asymptomatic, Joel tested positive for Covid-19 antibodies in September of 2020. According to CDC recommendations at the time, Joel waited three months after his antibody diagnosis before obtaining his first Covid vaccine, which was administered on December 30th 2020 and was Moderna. Within a short period of time Joel developed numbness, weakness and balance issues, and in the following months, he experienced periods of quite severe lower thoracic back pain. He was subsequently diagnosed with transverse myelitis with a demyelinated lesion at the thoracic nerve between 8th and 9th thoracic vertebrae. In spite of treatment with high dose steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin and physical therapy, Joel’s symptoms are essentially unchanged since his diagnosis in January 2021. Prior to this Joel enjoyed hiking, biking and numerous water-sports, but can now only walk short distances. Joel has also been unable to return to work as an orthopedic surgeon and has been on long term disability. React19 began as a small community of medical professionals and everyday people who experienced adverse reactions from Covid-19 vaccines. It offers financial, physical, and emotional support for those suffering from long-term Covid-19 vaccine adverse events globally. See more at https://react19.org/ 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 more of our Open Science Sessions here: www.pandata.org/open-science-sessions/ Support our work: www.pandata.org/donate/

Dr Kevin Bardosh is a medical anthropologist whose work focuses on using social science and community engagement to improve public health delivery and policy. Most of his work, across more than 20 countries, has concentrated on the epidemiology and control of human, animal and vector-borne infectious disease. He is currently an affiliate assistant Professor with the School of Public Health, at the University of Washington; an honorary lecturer at Edinburgh Medical School; and a Research Associate, at the School of Global Urban and Social Studies within the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Kevin has authored multiple peer reviewed publications, has edited two books, “one health” and “locating Zika” and is also Associate Editor of the journal Frontiers in Tropical Diseases. Prior to the events of 2020, he worked on emergency response programmes for Zika in Latin America as well as Ebola in West Africa. In 2019, he led the development of a framework to assist global health funders in better integrating social science in epidemic response. Read Dr Bardosh's paper: https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/5/e008684 The pandemic 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 more Open Society Sessions: https://www.pandata.org/open-society-sessions/ Support our work: https://www.pandata.org/donate