“In early 2020 on a writing sabbatical, I was on Spain’s frontier with Gibraltar when my phone started receiving texts from Asia about a mysterious disease sickening hundreds of people in China’s Hubei province. Little did we know at the time that it would quickly morph into the deadliest pandemic in modern history,” says Michael Bociurkiw.
Mass tele-health and distance learning seemed like a far-away reality less than a decade ago. Now, more than a year after the virulent spread of COVID-19, we find ourselves in a changed world. Global analyst and CNN Opinion contributor Michael Bociurkiw kept a keen eye on unfolding events and dived deep into the seismic shifts seen in the economy, politics, technology and across all facets of society. Piecing facts as they occurred and providing predictions of our global future, Michael’s unique perspective came together in his self-published book “Digital Pandemic”.
How did countries around the world handle the onslaught of COVID-19? How and by whom was the pandemic manipulated? We will talk about this and more during our public event with the author himself. You will hear facts and observations from Michael and special guests on why countries ignored the warning signs, how COVID-19 impacted diplomacy, the vaccine roll-out - and why China’s early handling of the pandemic was compared in the book to the Kremlin’s reaction to the Chornobyl nuclear disaster.
Join us with your questions for a fruitful discussion on where we are now and where we are headed.
We’ll be streaming this event on July 13 at 6:30 p.m. in English to our Facebook and YouTube pages.
More about the speaker:
Michael Bociurkiw is a writer, global affairs analyst and two-time TEDx speaker. He is also the author of Digital Pandemic- Covid-19: How Tech Went From Bad to Good. His geopolitical commentary is regularly featured on CNN Opinion. Having worked on the frontlines of humanitarian emergencies, he’s become a familiar voice on BBC World Television, CNN, CNN International, Al Jazeera, and Bloomberg Television. His writing has appeared in several media outlets, including: The Los Angeles Times, Forbes, the South China Morning Post, Asia Times, the Globe and Mail and on MSNBC.com. He is the founder and co-host of the popular podcast/vodcast, Global Impact. Michael is a former spokesperson for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, and a former global spokesperson for the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF). A resident of Sidney, BC, Canada he is of Ukrainian heritage.
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