Pandemics ~ Data & Analytics (PANDA)
Our mission is simple. We see in lockdown and its related intrusions on civil liberties a serious threat not only to lives but to civilization itself. This threat must be resisted.
Our view is that at this juncture, the science is quite clear on what key policy responses should be—or should have been. But this is no longer about the science, if it ever was. What is required now is a mobilisation against what is essentially an enormous public relations machine that is fuelling fear and removing agency from people’s lives the world over.
DEAR SA’s Legal Action and PANDA’s participation postponed
Release: Immediate INTERNATIONAL | 1 December 2020 Dear SA vs minister of cooperative governance...
Jerm Warfare interviews PANDA members
In this episode 'Jerm Warfare' interviews PANDA members Nick Hudson and Dr. Clare Craig . They...
ECHO Clinic hosts Sunetra Gupta from PANDA on Covid-19
The Department of Medicine from the University of Cape Town's ECHO clinic on COVID-19 hosts...
PANDA joins State of Disaster court action as friend of the court.
Release: Immediate INTERNATIONAL | 24 November 2020 Pandemics Data & Analytics (PANDA) joins...
The Great Barrington Declaration
As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies, and recommend an approach we call Focused Protection.
Protect the vulnerable. Open society.
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Biznews: Busting Myths about Cases
We must all be wary of a second wave being manufactured by increases in testing that are presented to us as an increase in cases. It is foolhardy to focus our attention on one disease alone instead of the overall impact of policy choices we make. When we do focus on one disease alone, we should certainly not focus on positive tests but rather on death and hospitalisation data.
Examining Excess Deaths Reporting
There is a persistent narrative that South Africa’s official COVID-19 death tally is significantly undercounted because reported excess deaths are higher than the official COVID-19 death toll. It is time to dispel the three most prominent myths around South Africa’s excess death reporting.
The evidence is in: the lockdown has been a catastrophic failure
It’s a catastrophe. The lockdown could kill far more people than the virus.
“What has happened in the last four months is the greatest social injustice in SA’s history since apartheid,” says PANDA co-founder Nick Hudson. “The lockdown is based on bad science, poor modelling and even worse judgment on the part of the government.”
Interviews – Radio, Podcasts & Videos
Jerm Warfare interviews PANDA members
In this episode 'Jerm Warfare' interviews PANDA members Nick Hudson and Dr. Clare Craig . They share their views on the COVID-19 pandemic and answer...
ECHO Clinic hosts Sunetra Gupta from PANDA on Covid-19
The Department of Medicine from the University of Cape Town's ECHO clinic on COVID-19 hosts Sunetra Gupta, the award winning Professor of...
Rational Radio: The Great Covid Debate
A special episode of the noontime webinar which features a debate on Covid-19 between PANDA co-founder, actuary Nick Hudson; and SA and UK academic...