James Orbinksi
James Orbinksi (physician, activist, author) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 1960 England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Dawson CEGEP, Trent University, McMaster University Medical School, Munk Centre for International Studies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bilderberg "global health expert" busy with COVID research
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James Orbinksi is a Canadian physician, author, and scholar in global health"."He attended the 2011 Bilderberg meeting.
Activities
As director of the York University Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research he commented on COVID-19.[1]
He was an author of a 2021 study The Role of Behavioral Compliance to Non-Pharmaceutical and Pharmaceutical Interventions in the Fight Against COVID-19: Insights From a Behavior-Disease Economic Epidemic Model Coupled With Optimal Control Theory concluding that "intervention in addition to implementation of vaccination programs and effective quarantine measures, is the active incorporation of individuals' collective behaviors, and that resources should also be directed towards community campaigns on the importance of face mask use, social distancing, and frequent sanitizing, and any other collective activities".[2]
Orbinski is an invited member of the Climate Change and Health Council, a group of internationally prominent physicians calling for immediate action on "climate change". He is also an invited member of the Davos World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Health Care Systems and Cooperation.[3]
Event Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/2011 | 9 June 2011 | 12 June 2011 | Switzerland Hotel Suvretta St. Moritz | 59th meeting, in Switzerland, 129 guests |