The Spirit of Science | Jay Bhattacharya
< 1 min read Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Economics and Medicine at Stanford University, in conversation with Nick Hudson.
Science
Facts -not fear- will stop the pandemic
2 min read The media relish negative news. “If it bleeds it leads” still holds, and perhaps it’s never been truer than in the COVID-19 era. Every day the news highlights the spread of the virus and tells the sad stories of some of its victims.
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.
PandaCast | A Conversation with Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg
< 1 min read Dr Wodarg is a German physician, health expert and activist, in conversation with PANDA’s Nick Hudson. Words of wisdom from a man who has seen this movie before, and journeyed to the inside of the whale.
The PHE data that goes against the narrative – Hunting down symptomatic COVID-19
< 1 min read Download the article The PHE data that goes against the narrative from PandataAnalytics
A ‘fake news’ boomerang – Daily Friend
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.
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.
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.
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).
The Spirit of Science | Sunetra Gupta
< 1 min read PANDA’s Nick Hudson chats to Dr Sunetra Gupta about her life, her work and what the Corona Crisis has revealed.