Coronavirus

A Miscarriage of Diagnosis

4 min read PCR testing for COVID-19 aims to detect individuals with a high likelihood of being infectious. However, false positive test results lead to false diagnoses, unnecessary measures and distort the overall picture of the pandemic.

Clare Craig PANDA

The Spirit of Science | Clare Craig

< 1 min read PANDA’s Dr Clare Craig from the UK in conversation with Nick Hudson.
Clare is a diagnostic pathologist who has looked into the UK’s Covid testing strategy in great detail. In her own words she is a lover of data, digital pathology and AI, sceptical but optimistic.

covid and kids

Covid & Kids – a talk by PANDA’s Peter Castleden

< 1 min read PANDA Peter Castleden  was invited to speak about the risks Covid poses to our kids weighed up against the implications of lockdown and the measures imposed.

Peter talked to  a group of concerned teachers and parents from Cape Town, unpacking some of the evidence around the risk of Covid to children, masks on kids and potential for the virus spread.

BIzNews PANDA

Biznews: Busting Myths about Cases

7 min read 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.

PandaCast Dr Bhakdi

Tea with a Scientist | Sucharit Bhakdi

< 1 min read PANDA’s Heike Brunner hosts a virtual tea-party and a deep conversation with Professor Sucharit Bhakdi from PANDA’s Scientific Advisory Council.
Immunology (6:01), The Whole Secret to Thinking (13:15), Covid-19 Vaccine (19:30), pre-symptomatic transmission (23:15) , masking healthy children (27:00).

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