PANDA’s Nick Hudson: Govt lockdown to save lives is a ‘joke’ – PREMIUM

Nick Hudson, the coordinator of Pandemic Data and Analytics (PANDA), a multidisciplinary initiative, has for some months now described the South African government's mantra that the lockdown saves lives and that it is lives versus the economy to be a false dichotomy. In this fascinating excerpt from Monday's Rational Radio webinar, Hudson shares PANDA's latest analysis of South Africa's lockdown with BizNews founder, Alec Hogg. Hudson maintains his conviction that – across the world – lockdowns ultimately had no effect at all and that 'the curve just does what the curve will do'. On the topic of excess deaths recorded in South Africa recently, Hudson believes that we will soon know for sure that these are not are not coronavirus deaths and that we're actually starting to grapple with lockdown deaths. – Nadya Swart

Hello, I'm Alec Hogg, and we are ready for our Rational Radio webinar today. It's Monday – we do this every Monday at noon time. We've got Nick Hudson joining us now. Nick is the coordinator of PANDA. Always good talking with you, Nick. Thanks for joining us. 

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