The entire Covid-19 pandemic response has been driven by numbers. From the start in March 2020, we have been bombarded with statistics apparently primarily aimed at keeping us as confused as possible and in a sustained state of fear. Few academics have been as outspoken as my guest today, who not only dared to raise his head above the parapet early on but also continues to speak out regularly against what he sees as the blatant manipulation of data. Norman Fenton is a mathematician who is Professor of Risk Information Management at Queen Mary University of London and also a chartered engineer and a fellow of the British Computing Society. He specialises in using Bayesian statistical methods to challenge data and predict probabilities and — despite academic media censorship — has applied his methods to the Covid numbers and consistently found them wanting. He was among the speakers at last month’s Question Everything one-day summit and last week he wearily Tweeted: 'I've come to the conclusion that we cannot trust any of the “official” statistics driving the Covid-19 narrative.’ Join me tonight at 5pm when I’ll be unpacking what Professor Fenton has discovered in his 19-month interrogation of official figures and what he believes needs to happen for us to find out what’s really happening. Please subscribe to the Pandemic Podcast here: http://www.danjgregory.com/pandemic Join the campaign against vaccine passports by signing the Together Declaration: http://www.togetherdeclaration.org

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR PROTESTERS With protests occuring all over the world this weekend in defence of democracy, liberty, human rights and many other issues, I wanted to record a short broadcast to share my views on the forthcoming events. Please subscribe to the Pandemic Podcast www.danjgregory.com/pandemic SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/danjgregory TWITTER: https://twitter.com/danjgregory INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/danjgregory ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lMeOg09lm4

The language of ‘war used by politicians and the media to the pandemic emergency is not the only parallel that can be drawn between the covid pandemic and war in Ukraine. Whilst many (including myself) are publicly taking an anti-war, or more positively a pro-peace stance, it has felt as though society has become actively “anti-peace”, designed to keep us in turmoil with fear of scarcity and turned against one another. In this episode, I assess some of the parallels that can be drawn in the way that the issues of Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine have been presented and received. If you advocate for freedom and peace for humanity, I invite you to join us inside the Elevate Network where we are on a mission to elevate humanity and enrich the world: Join us here: http://www.weareelevate.org

First there were lockdowns. Then came the vaccines. Next, the idea that certain parts of society might be for the vaccinated only – enabled by smartphone-based vaccine passports. But is this momentum towards social control the precursor of digital biometric ID? Will the state require us all to sacrifice our independence and free will to participate in society? Is this all an inexorable move towards an Orwellian dystopia where we are coerced into constant surveillance, or get effectively side-lined by society? Could we also be looking at central digital currencies, tied to our identity – that could be turned off if we don’t behave, don’t obey? Or is digital ID merely an inevitable next stage of our adoption of technology? Join me for this important discussion with Jeffrey Peel, founder of TECH: The New Era for an in depth exploration of where all this could be heading and how YOU can join the debate. GET YOUR TICKET FOR THE LIVE DEBATE ON THURS 25th NOVEMBER HERE https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-digital-id-debate-tickets-196415141977 Please subscribe to the Pandemic Podcast mailing list here http://www.danjgregory.com/pandemic Find the Pandemic Podcast a valuable addition to your day? You can contribute to help us grow the show here http://www.danjgregory.com/supporter