Press Releases
PANDA Responds to Updated South African Government Mask Mandates
PANDA is committed to evaluating all prior and current research on the effect of masking mandates in preventing the spread of viral diseases.
Protocol for Reopening Society
PANDA publishes its preliminary Protocol for Reopening Society based on the principles of focused protection as described in the Great Barrington Declaration.
DEAR SA’s Legal Action and PANDA’s participation postponed
PANDA joins State of Disaster court action as friend of the court. Minister of Health has applied to intervene and oppose the matter.
PANDA joins State of Disaster court action as friend of the court.
PANDA joins State of Disaster court action as friend of the court. In our affidavit, we answer three questions: (1) How dangerous is COVID-19? (2) How accurate are the COVID-19 tests? (3) What is the cost of lockdown?
Statement of Support for Academic and Intellectual Freedom
In the wake of The Great Barrington Declaration, we are concerned by reports that people from across professions face significant personal and professional risks for expressing concern over the hasty implementation of pandemic plans which dramatically departed from past precedent.
Excess Deaths
All indicators suggest that lockdown has led to an increase in deaths and that this is what the excess death numbers tell us. It was entirely foreseeable that lockdown would cause deaths, and these deaths should have been factored into government policy.
PANDA launches Scientific Advisory Board
Pandemics ~ Data & Analytics (PANDA) is proud to announce the formation of the PANDA Scientific Advisory Board. The Board will reinforce PANDA’s credentials and mission to provide independent, accurate and scientific analysis by reviewing research produced by the organisation to ensure accuracy in its scientific analysis.
Safety of getting back to school is established science, so let’s do it
SOUTH Africa’s education system was already fractured and teetering on the edge before COVID-19 came along, but it may collapse entirely if we fail to get teachers and learners back to school.
SA Q1 GDP Figures a Reminder of SA’s Economic Challenges
Date: 01 July 2020 Release: Immediate JOHANNESBURG, 01 July 2020: The 2% annualised decrease in South Africa’s first quarter (Q1) gross domestic...
PANDA’s Open Letter to Professor Pulliam – as SACEMA distances itself from the models used to justify lockdown
Press Release: PANDA’s Open Letter to Professor Pulliam – as SACEMA distances itself from the models used to justify lockdown Release:...