Tag Archives: Coronavirus

Track and Trace Covid 19 Apps

Track and Trace: An Issue of Access

On the 18th of June, the U.K. Government announced that it would be scrapping its NHSX track and trace app, and instead switch to a model provided by Apple and Google’s Covid-19 development partnership, due to numerous issues with the NHSX app’s software. The U.K. is not the first country to halt the development of […]

Credit: Professor Heylighen

People, Systems and Technologies: Expect the Unexpected!

Dr. Shima Beigi, Founder of Mindfulness Engineering™️ BSc,MSc,MSc,Ph.D. Resilience Scientist, Author, Yogi and ideaXme Rich Connectedness™️ ambassador interviews Francis Heylighen, Cyberneticist and Research Professor at the Free University of Brussels where he directs the trans-disciplinary research group on “Evolution, Complexity and Cognition” and the Global Brain Institute. Francis Paul Heylighen is a Belgian cyberneticist investigating […]

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Cytokine Storm in Covid-19 Patients: Possible Solutions

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Randy Cron, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Arthritis Foundation, Alabama chapter endowed chair in Pediatric Rheumatology. Ira Pastor comments: As we are a few months into the Covid-19 pandemic, a medical term […]

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Dr. Stanley Plotkin: The Godfather of Vaccines

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Stanley Plotkin, Professor Emeritus at both Wistar Institute and the University of Pennsylvania and consultant to the vaccine industry. Ira Pastor comments: So as we sit here a few months into the global Covid-19 pandemic, one big question on everyone’s mind is when will […]

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Gregg Braden Talks of Covid-19: An Opportunity To Collectively Imagine A Resilient Future

Dr. Shima Beigi, founder of Mindfulness Engineering™️ and ideaXme Rich connectedness ambassador, interviews Gregg Braden, five-time New York Times best-selling author, researcher, educator, lecturer and internationally renowned as a pioneer bridging modern science, spirituality, and human potential. Shima Beigi comments: Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus has laid bare deep insecurities and vulnerabilities […]

Professor Linfa Wang, Credit: Duke-NUS

Bat Man – Hunting Down Covid-19 and Other Deadly Viruses

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Linfa Wang, director of the Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases at the collaborative Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School in Singapore. Ira Pastor comments: As we sit here in 2020 in the middle of the Covid-19 global pandemic, we’re hearing terms like “zoonotic […]

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Ben Hammersley Futurist Defines Our New Normal In The Age Of Coronavirus

Amanda Christensen, ideaXme guest interviewer, interviews Ben Hammersley, one of the world’s leading futurists and founder of international Strategic Foresight agency Hammersley Futures. Amanda Christensen comments: Our world as we know it has seemingly changed overnight as countries globally make the decision to impose lockdown-type mandates in a worldwide effort to slow the spread of […]

Dr Shima Beigi,BSc,MSc,MSc,Ph.D. Discusses human connection in a time of coronavirus

The Value of Resilient Connections in a Time of Coronavirus

The coronavirus is affecting everyone. In this short article from the ideaXme Rich Connectedness podcast series, I want to focus on a specific area that is radically affected by the pandemic: CONNECTIONS. Please find Dr Shima Beigi’s webinar slides on building resilience and connections in a time of Covid-19 Covid-19 Has Changed Everything Just a couple of […]

Prioritising Facts Over Fear in the Age of Coronavirus

Prioritising Facts Over Fear in the Age of Coronavirus

Media manipulation is not a new phenomenon, but the means and speed by which fake news reaches the general public is drastically changing thanks to the instantaneous nature of social media. With social media algorithms and our own patterns of content consumption favouring sensationalist content, it’s easy to prey on the public’s desperation for information […]

Dr. Tara O'Toole, Credit: B.Next / In-Q-Tel

Dr Tara O’Toole: The CIA, National Security And Preventing The Next Pandemic

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Dr. Tara O’Toole, Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow at In-Q-Tel. During the course of this interview, at 44:41, Dr. O’Toole receives breaking news that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has determined the 2019 Coronavirus to be a significant threat, therefore […]