4 min read What is stopping you from asking for the proof. The science. The facts behind the screams that are telling you that you are not safe unless you stay away from people. That you must wear masks even if you feel completely well.
3 min read Whatever we think about lockdowns, one thing is clear. None of us want Grandma (or anyone else for that matter) to die. Whether we are pro-lockdown or anti-lockdown, we are also all fractured and afraid.
< 1 min read The ‘Global Health Community’ that previously prioritised diseases such as HIV, TB and the big child killer, malaria, implicitly considers avoidable deaths due to interrupted healthcare an acceptable cost in the attempt to reduce transmission of SARS-COV-2.
< 1 min read Nick Hudson in conversation with independent Canadian MP, Randy Hillier.
6 min read PANDA believes that the people of South Africa will do the right thing if they are empowered with accurate information. This team’s purpose has been to consider all of the science and to separate the good science from the bad and promote the former.
< 1 min read 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.”
< 1 min read South Africa’s epidemiological models have proven to be wildly inaccurate. A new commentary by international modellers explains why Covid-19 models are a poor basis for decision-making, while South Africa’s own modellers try, but fail, to explain themselves.
< 1 min read Do we want a world in which we solve extremely difficult problems with politburos, command councils and war rooms, or one in which we reclaim agency for individuals, families, local communities and nimble organisations? If we answer in favour of centralisation, then we can rethink everything all we like and remain firmly stuck in a ditch – a ditch of our own construct.
