Dr Hodkinson is a board certified pathologist in the USA and Canada. He studied at Cambridge University in the UK before emigrating to Canada in 1970. He has held a number of leadership positions in his profession both in his own province of Alberta and nationally. His career has spanned general practice, community hospitals, academia, CEO of a large retail clinical laboratory and various other entrepreneurial activities in private medicine. Dr Hodkinson has a particular interest in molecular diagnostics – the science of identifying DNA for various cutting edge applications in real world medicine. He has spent 20+ years in the trenches of public health as an activist tackling head-on the biggest public health crisis of our time before the Covid epidemic, namely the predatory marketing of tobacco and governments reluctance to control it, and for which he was made Citizen of the Year in 1994. He is married to Nicole, has two grown up children and lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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Speaking as a businessman of 43 years and not as a spokesperson for Ribble Valley Borough council. Deputy Mayor Jim Rogerson, 62 recorded this on the 2nd June 2020 to express his concerns for the public during the Covid19 crisis. He talks about the negative reporting by news media organisation who he believes are not reporting positive messages. He also discusses school closures, herd immunity, vaccination, data harvesting with contact tracing apps and the “new normal”. He hopes to see more positive messages in the media that allay peoples fears and encourage a return to normal life. Jim says: “Besides being a Councillor I have had my own business since 1977 nearly 43 years giving me a vast amount of knowledge gained in the university of life. I have Traveled a lot throughout this country and constantly have to solve problems on a daily basis using logic and common sense. It’s by this use of common sense, I started to question the narrative being portrayed as i felt we were not being told the truth. The fact I have gained this knowledge and experience is more important than being a Councillor or the deputy mayor, that latter matter is what makes me want to challenge the narrative and encourage the public to do their own research so they can draw their own conclusion. I am not trying to get publicity from being a Councillor or the deputy mayor. The more I see and reflect on what is going on it’s totally apparent we do not live in a free democracy anymore. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2825PeH0-4E