Jerm Warfare interviews PANDA on C-19 in South Africa
< 1 min read Nick Hudson in conversation with Jerm.
In the Media
Safety of getting back to school is established science, so let’s do it
5 min read 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.
Rational Radio by Biznews: PANDA on the Press Council complaint
< 1 min read Shayne Krige – Director at Werksmans and member of PANDA, the independent group of actuaries and professionals, on the latest mortality numbers for South Africa and the Press Council complaint lodged by Prof Boulle of UCT, who wants Biznews to apologise for publishing PANDA’s supplied articles.
PANDA – Quantifying Years of Lost Life
< 1 min read Interview with the founders of PANDA, Nick Hudson and Peter Castleden about the impacts of Lockdown in mortality and years of life lost in South Africa, as shown in their report “Quantifying Years of Lost Life”
The Fat Emperor: Viral Impacts Explained – The PANDA Group
< 1 min read Deep-dive on the real impacts of this viral issue across the globe, with a special focus on how the cost-benefit of suppression measures is destroying middle-income countries like South Africa. Have we lost the plot in trying to stop the unstoppable? Is the cost-benefit horrifically in the wrong direction?
Nick Hudson, the PANDA actuary who tells it like it is: SA has more to worry about than Covid-19
< 1 min read LISTEN: Nick Hudson, an actuary at PANDA, gives an update on their projection models from an interview in June and on how South Africa has more to worry about than Covid 19.
Covid-piek in Wes-Kaap verby, aan’t draai in Oos-Kaap
< 1 min read Marí Hudson gesels met Dr Piet Streicher, ingenieur en een van die lede van PANDA, en hy verduidelik hoe hul voorspellingsmodel werk en hoe COVID verder in Suid-Afrika gaan verloop en waarom hulle voorspel dat die sterftesyfer op sowat 11000 gaan draai en nie by 320 000 of selfs by 80 000 of 44 000 nie.
SA Q1 GDP Figures a Reminder of SA’s Economic Challenges
2 min read Date: 01 July 2020 Release: Immediate JOHANNESBURG, 01 July 2020: The 2% annualised decrease in South Africa’s first quarter (Q1) gross domestic product (GDP) has set an ominous tone for the remainder of this year and the country’s future. “Considering that South Africa only went into lockdown in response to the spread of COVID-19 on …
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PANDA’s Open Letter to Professor Pulliam – as SACEMA distances itself from the models used to justify lockdown
6 min read Press Release: PANDA’s Open Letter to Professor Pulliam – as SACEMA distances itself from the models used to justify lockdown Release: Immediate Prof. Juliet Pulliam SACEMA Dear Professor Pulliam, We refer to your letter of 5 June 2020 in reply to our letter of 1 June 2020. At the outset, we note that you …
Who benefits from ending the lockdown? Pundits discuss the socio-economic impact.
< 1 min read Nick Hudson and Peter Castleden Kieno Kammies – Cape Talk