COVID On Air

This is episode is a continuation of the ongoing conversation with fellow ECV member, Scott DeMichele. Follow Scott on Twitter: @MScottDeMichele. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Visit The World Health Network at https://www.worldhealthnetwork.global/ Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

The guest for this episode is Nicholas Christakis. He is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University, where he directs the Human Nature Lab. He is also the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science. His latest book, Apollo's Arrow - a captivating review of the current and future impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on society - is now available on paperback. Visit The World Health Network at https://www.worldhealthnetwork.global/ and EndCoronavirus.org (ECV) for resources and information around Covid-19. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COVID On Air is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW

The guest for this episode is Nicolas Smit. Nicolas was previously on the program in episode #9. We discuss the failures of the press to cover important issues regarding COVID; their frailty in questioning the government; specific problems with the CBC; failures with the Liberals, Tories, and NDP in Canada; and masks in the United States. Track down Nicolas on Twitter @PPEtoheroes Visit AMMA for articles and resources around masking and PPE https://www.ammaunited.org Links to our 2 previous episodes with Nick: COVID On Air #18: Agents of Misinformation w/ Nicolas Smit COVID On Air #9: The Emperor Wears No Mask w/ Nicolas Smit COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org

This is episode is a continuation of the ongoing conversation with fellow ECV member, Scott DeMichele. Follow Scott on Twitter: @MScottDeMichele. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Visit The World Health Network at https://www.worldhealthnetwork.global/ Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

My guest for this episode is Dr. Sunil Raina. In this episode we discuss the work that Dr Raina has been doing in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh, a state in India with a population of 200+million, achieved incredible success in sharply reducing its Covid-19 numbers down to single digits. Dr Raina talks about the methodologies that were used and challenges and successes that were faced in implementing the various initiatives. The strategies outlined in this talk appear in a paper that will soon be released - details for this will be shared on the World Health Network. A previous paper discusses the strategy he proposed for dealing with the huge wave India was facing back in March'21 and is available here. He covers this strategy in our previous podcast with him, which you can access here or on on Youtube. Dr. Raina is the Professor & Head, department of Community Medicine, at Dr. RP Government Medical College, Tanda (Himachal Pradesh) in North-West India. He is also head of the Multi Disciplinary Research Unit, which is a department of Health Research, Government of India initiative to develop hubs of multi-disciplinary research in select medical colleges of the country. He is also the Director of the Centre for Advancing Tobacco Control in Himachal Pradesh (CATCH) – a Bloomberg-IUTLD funded initiative. In addition, he also functions as the Program In charge for IGNOU (a govt. of India open university) study centre for training of mid-level health care professionals. He is also on the panel of reviewers for projects submitted to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – A Government of India organization for overseeing biomedical research in India. Visit The World Health Network at https://www.worldhealthnetwork.global/ You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

This is episode is a continuation of the ongoing conversation with fellow ECV member, Scott DeMichele. Follow Scott on Twitter: @MScottDeMichele. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Visit The World Health Network at https://www.worldhealthnetwork.global/ Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

The guest for this episode is Dr. Yaneer Bar-Yam. He is a Physicist and complexity scientist. He worked on the Ebola outbreaks in Africa through his policy advice to the National Security Council (NSC); the UN; and the WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), as well as with community efforts in Liberia. He's the President of the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI), and the founder of EndCoronavirus.org (ECV) and more recently the World Health Network (WHN). Follow Yaneer on Twitter via @yaneerbaryam. Notes for the show: • Upcoming World Health Network Summit, 3rd & 4th November 2021: https://www.worldhealthnetwork.global/summit-info • Explore the World Health Network website. The Projects & Resource sections contain information on safer schools, ventilation, graphics and more: https://www.worldhealthnetwork.global • Lancet declaration: A global citizens' initiative: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02246-7/fulltext Visit The World Health Network at https://www.worldhealthnetwork.global/ You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

In this episode, Josh takes on a new format which will continue for some of the future episodes. He begins the first part in what intends to be an ongoing conversation with fellow ECV member, Scott DeMichele. Follow Scott on Twitter: @MScottDeMichele. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

The guest for this episode is Yuri Deigin. He is a biotech entrepreneur, life extension activist, and CEO of Youthereum Genetics. He has also spent the past year inquiring into SARS-CoV-2 origins. In this episode we discuss his recent article in Quillette; his disputes with Bret Weinstein on IVM and vaccines; and his general thoughts on IVM and the scientific information surrounding vaccines. Find him on Twitter: @ydeigin. COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW

The guest for this episode is Eric Feigl-Ding. Eric holds doctorates in epidemiology and nutrition. He is a former researcher at Harvard. Throughout the pandemic, he has been a prominent analyst and commentator on COVID-19. We discuss proactive vs. reactive thinking, the precautionary principle, risks going forward, the effect politics has had on the pandemic, and the political polarization that has accrued from it. Track down Eric on Twitter @DrEricDing. COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW

The guest for this episode is Nicolas Smit. Nicolas was previously on the program in episode #9. We discuss the failures of the press to cover important issues regarding COVID; their frailty in questioning the government; specific problems with the CBC; failures with the Liberals, Tories, and NDP in Canada; and masks in the United States. Track down Nicolas on Twitter @PPEtoheroes COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW

The guest for this episode is Robin Hanson. He is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University. Visit his blog, https://www.overcomingbias.com/, and follow him on Twitter @robinhanson. COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW

The guest for this episode is Aaron Collins. He is an engineer who does mask testing and reviews on Youtube. Aaron's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3fF_rzkmZD0ufN685YE7lg
Aaron's Twitter: @masknerd You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW

The guest for this episode is Dr. Jeremy Rossman. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Virology at the University of Kent and is the President of Research-Aid Networks. In all his wisdom, Jeremy doesn't waste his life on social media but you may find plenty of videos with Jeremy and articles written by him out in internetland. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW

The guest for this episode is Yuri Deigin. He is a biotech entrepreneur, life extension activist, and CEO of Youthereum Genetics. He has also spent the past year inquiring into SARS-CoV-2 origins. Find him on Twitter: @ydeigin You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

The guest for this episode is Devabhaktuni Srikrishna. He is a founder of Patient Knowhow and previously was chief technical officer of Tropos Networks. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Caltech and a master's in electrical engineering & computer science from MIT. His research interests include nuclear security, quantum computing, parallel computing, and wireless mesh communications. Find him on Twitter: @sri_srikrishna You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

The guest for this episode is Dr. Sunil Raina. He is the Professor & Head, department of Community Medicine, at Dr. RP Government Medical College, Tanda (Himachal Pradesh) in North-West India. He is also head of the Multi Disciplinary Research Unit, which is a department of Health Research, Government of India initiative to develop hubs of multi-disciplinary research in select medical colleges of the country. He is also the Director of the Centre for Advancing Tobacco Control in Himachal Pradesh (CATCH) – a Bloomberg-IUTLD funded initiative. In addition, he also functions as the Program In charge for IGNOU (a govt. of India open university) study centre for training of mid-level health care professionals. He is also on the panel of reviewers for projects submitted to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – A Government of India organization for overseeing biomedical research in India. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

The guest for this episode is Sammie Mcfarland. She is the Founder of Long Covid Kids. Please visit https://www.longcovidkids.org/ for more information on Long Covid Kids. Find them on Twitter via @LongCovidKids. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

The guest for this episode is Mark Blyth. He is The William R. Rhodes '57 Professor of International Economics at the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. You can find Mark on Twitter: @MkBlyth. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

The guest for this episode is Nicolas Smit. Nicolas Smit is a Canadian engineer who has been working to get elastomeric respirators to health care workers around the world. He's working to get the government to promote recommendations to use them as N95 alternatives. You can follow him on Twitter @PPEtoheros. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

The guest for this episode is Dr. Jeremy Rossman. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Virology at the University of Kent and is the President of Research-Aid Networks. In all his wisdom, Jeremy doesn't waste his life on social media but you may find plenty of videos with Jeremy and articles written by him out in internetland. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

The guest for this episode is Dr. Joe Vipond. He is an Emergency MD in Calgary; he is a Co-Founder of Masks4Canada; and a Co-Chair of The Calgary Climate Hub. You can follow him on Twitter @jvipondmd, and visit mask4canada.org and calgaryclimatehub.ca for more on his work. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org COA is also on Twitter and Facebook now: Twitter: @COA_SHOW Facebook: @COASHOW Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Twitter and Instagram.

The guest on this episode is Dr. Jose-Luis Jimenez. He is a professor of Chemistry at University of Colorado Boulder. He is one of the primary scientists addressing the issue of aerosol transmission during the course of the pandemic. Find Jose on Twitter: @jljcolorado You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Twitter and Instagram.

The guests on this episode are Keith Begg of the Media Watchdogs of Sweden, and Andreia Rodrigues of Save Sweden Covid-19. You can follow Keith on Twitter: @MEWAS and Andreia: @AndreiaSaveSwe. You can also find Save Sweden Covid-19 on Twitter and Facebook. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Twitter and Instagram.

The guest on this episode is Dr. Roberto Kraenkel. He is a theoretical physicist at São Paulo State University. Follow Roberto on Twitter: @robertokraenkel You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Twitter and Instagram.

The guest on this episode is Dr. Yaneer Bar-Yam. He is a Physicist and complexity scientist. He worked on the Ebola outbreaks in Africa through his policy advice to the National Security Council (NSC); the UN; and the WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), as well as with community efforts in Liberia. He's the President of the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI), and the founder of EndCoronavirus.org (ECV). Follow Yaneer on Twitter via @yaneerbaryam. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Twitter and Instagram.

This guest for this episode is Dr. Gosia Gasperowicz. She is a developmental biologist at the University of Calgary and an advocate for Zero COVID in Alberta. Find Gosia on Twitter: @GosiaGasperoPhD. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Twitter and Instagram.

The guest on this episode is Vicky van der Togt. She is the founder of Zero Covid Alliance; a member of Containment Nu!; and an advocate for Long-COVID patients. In this episode Vicky discusses her legal battle with the Dutch government; her COVID advocacy networks; issues regarding the chronic condition of Long-COVID; and the overall situation of the pandemic in the Netherlands. Find ZCA on Twitter @ZeroCovAlliance and at zerocovidalliance.org. Find Containment Nu! @ContainmentNu on Twitter and at containmentnu.nl. You can follow Vicky on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can find Josh on Twitter: @mrfarden, or email the show via mail@covidonair.org Please visit EndCoronavirus.org for information on ECV. Click “join us” for volunteer opportunities and to subscribe to the newsletter. ECV is on Twitter: @endCOVID19 and you can find ECV on Facebook and Instagram.

An Introduction to the upcoming show: ECV's COVID On Air with Joshua Farden Visit: https://www.endcoronavirus.org/ Find ECV on Facebook and Instagram Find me on Twitter: @mrfarden