The CDC has admitted that it mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic.
How did world governments respond to the onset of the pandemic? What role did the United Nations play during this global crisis? What lessons have we learned from this pandemic to prepare for potential future ones? What is considered misinformation during times of global pandemics? Has public trust in world governments grown or diminished based on how the pandemic was handled? What have been your personal experiences when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Prativa Baral, Ph.D. is an epidemiologist and global health professional working to make our world more prepared against health emergencies and to promote global health equity through her research, advocacy and consultancy. She is the co-founder of Science Connect, a consultancy aimed to help bridge science communication gaps between academia and the rest of the world.
Prativa is the host of Immunocity, a podcast released during the acute phase of the pandemic, to make sense of the changing science and circumstances. She is also a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar, a CIHR Foreign Doctoral Study Award holder, and a Johns Hopkins School of Public Health PhD candidate.
On this episode, Prativa takes us through her journey as the Canadian head delegate for the G7 Youth Summit in Germany in 2022, and the lone Canadian representative of the Global Shapers delegation at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos in 2023.
Listen as Prativa shares:
- how immune boosting and supplements were portrayed with respect to COVID-19
- how the pandemic hurt public trust in Science
- if vaccine mandates give us a choice or take away our civil liberties
- why the media seemed to be creating fearmongering and panic
- if fear was used to promote covid-19 vaccinations
- how equitable access to vaccines is not always about hesitancy
- factors affecting covid-19 vaccine acceptance
- why alternatives to the vaccine were discouraged
- lessons learned from covid-19 vaccine challenges
- if the general public was discouraged from seeking alternatives to vaccinations
- minimum sample size for statistical significance
- who gets to decided what covid-19 misinformation is
- the evolution of science during covid
- how communities can advocate for themselves during times of pandemics
- how best to improve primary health care and prepare for future pandemics
...and so much more!
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Additional Resources:
"COVID-19: Surviving A Pandemic" by J. Michael Ryan
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