I am a writer, journalist, professor, systems modeler, computational and digital health expert, avocado-eater, and entrepreneur, not always in that order.appeared in Episodes 1 and 3 of “The Invisible Shield.” Here he meets with Gregory Christopher, Senior Pastor of Tacoma’s Shiloh Baptist Church. Their relationship proved to be crucial in helping Christopher's church community take recommended precuations during the Covid-19 pandemic.
In fact, a number of such leaders made things even worse by propagating misinformation and disinformation about public health. So, even though public health got a little more positive attention for a brief time during the pandemic, the requisite amount of resources did not really follow.
Next will be Episode 3, which is titled “Inoculation & Inequity.” This will review two major awful things that have been really hurting all of our society: the spread of misinformation and disinformation about science and health and the continuing injustices and inequities that many women, persons of color, immigrants, people of different sexual orientations and other minorities have been facing.