Human Ecosystems Need Exposure
4 min read In the delicate microscopic ecosystems humans inhabit, obstructing exposure to a range of pathogens threatens, rather than protects, public health.
Science
How Broad is Covid Immunity?
5 min read Fear of mutations that make their way around antibodies or vaccines is likely misplaced.
PANDA’s Response to Daily Maverick: Kung-Flu Panda: dodgy analytics or pandemic propaganda?
14 min read A journalist from the Daily Maverick submitted a series of questions to PANDA for comment. This is our full response.
Lockdowns don’t save lives and Sweden is all the proof you need
4 min read History will record Covid-induced lockdowns as the product of pseudoscientific ideology, manifestations of an unprecedented mass hysteria and drummed-up fear.
PandaCast | A Conversation with Dr Knut Wittkowski
< 1 min read Dr Knut Wittkowski is a German epidemiologist and former Head of Biostatics, Epidemiology and Research Design at Rockefeller University.
Lockdowns contradict a century of pre-Covid science
5 min read ‘Many who were angered by our original points about lockdown, now own up to agreeing with them, but have dug up other reasons for carrying on being angry with us.’
PANDA Predictions: What We Got Right and Wrong
< 1 min read Peter Castleden and Piet Streicher of PANDA unpack the modelling and predictions that PANDA made in 2020 with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic. This retrospective look at what PANDA got right and wrong in the predictions also provides insight into how the models are made.
PANDA First Principles
8 min read PANDA looks at the events that brought their modelling approach into the spotlight and how that has influenced their journey through the COVID-19 pandemic.
On the Futility of Contact Tracing – Jay Bhattacharya & Mikko Packalen – Inference
2 min read THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 epidemic, public health authorities have promoted contact tracing as a key tool to combat the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Nearly every country infected by the virus has adopted some version, though with evidently mixed results given the global spread of the epidemic.
Will the Truth on COVID Restrictions Really Prevail? – Scott Atlas
3 min read The consequences of the SARS2 coronavirus pandemic and its management have been enormous. Over 400,000 American deaths have been attributed to the virus; more will certainly follow. Even after almost a year, the pandemic still paralyzes our country. Despite all efforts, there has been an undeniable failure to stop cases from rapidly escalating and preventing hospitalizations and death.