< 1 min read In this second article in our series on the faulty science of South Africa’s modellers, we take up where our first article left off.
By Piet Streicher, Shayne Krige and Nick Hudson
< 1 min read Part I: reviewing the models used to justify lockdown.
By Nick Hudson, Shayne Krige and Ian McGorian*
< 1 min read One of the most interesting features of the COVID-19 outbreak is the stark difference between mortality experience in different countries. No simple and plausible explanations that we are aware of have been advanced.
While our results explain roughly half of the inter-country variability, they appear to be far more robust than the current explanations in circulation. We are hopeful that other researchers will identify factors that can improve our model.
< 1 min read Just as one group of modellers goes to ground after getting things catastrophically wrong for foreseeable reasons, a new one emerges to repeat the trick. A game of modeller whack-a-mole, anybody?
< 1 min read Shayne Krige and Nick Hudson Business Day: Katharine Child
< 1 min read Referencing Panda Netwerk24: Jana Breytenbach
< 1 min read In this note, we present a model of deaths due to COVID-19 disease and attempt to explain differences between geographic regions using a few critical factors that are shaping policy decisions and scientific debates.
< 1 min read Ian McGorian Chris Bateman – Biz News
< 1 min read Interview with Rebecca Davis – Daily Maverick
7 min read In early February, a virus broke out on the Diamond Princess. Harrowing accounts began to emerge, but for those looking at the data, the cruise ship represented a pot of gold.
