If the cattle decides, because one of them is spooked for some reason, to run, then the only way to stop them is for all the cowboys to get to the front end of this as quickly as possible and then to fire off their weapons. That will shock the cattle and stop them, or … More How to Stop a Stampede
Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Medicine and Economics at Stanford University, speaks for 45 minutes here with Nick Hudson of Panda. We all deserve access to intelligent and principled discussion such as this. It is largely absent.
Wicked problems appear impossible to solve. They are complex, long-standing, seemingly intractable, and there are divergent opinions about the ways to address them. Wicked problems do not occur in a vacuum. They are enmeshed in wider social, cultural and political issues. Typically, governments and other organizations attempt to fix wicked problems through a particular lens … More Wicked Problems and Collective Impact
PANDA ~ Pandemics Data and Analytics invited me to become a member three days ago! This stemmed from my opinionating on Twitter. The movement has largely grown out of recruitments from Twitter, with like minds gravitating towards each other. There are more than a hundred of us, with various skills to offer such as mathematicians, … More Pillars of Public Health
There are some truly inspiring medical doctors using Twitter to share information about Covid-19. One of the most impassioned I follow is Dr Thomas Binder. He earned a PhD in Virology/Immunology before specialising in Cardiology, has over 30 years medical experience and works as an Associate Professor at a medical university in Austria. There are … More Clickbait and Kludge
Nick Hudson, founder of PANDA, sat down with Clare Craig for a chat about the pandemic a couple of days ago. Two rational, ethical scientists both locked down and using their time to deploy skills in proper analysis and communication. The first half of this discussion may be more technical than some can handle, although … More The Spirit of Science
PANDA are a multidisciplinary group of scientists and professionals who have been trying to grapple with the bad science characterising the public policy response to Covid-19. Starting with a small group of South African actuaries and doctors, very early on they spoke out about the negative consequences of lockdown which were not being considered by … More PANDA to the Rescue
South African actuary Nick Hudson co-founded perhaps one of the most impressive organisations arising from the 2020 pandemic. In this YouTube interview with Tim Price he talks about the work of PANDA – Pandemic Data and Analytics. An intelligent discussion talking common sense, public health, evidence, science, social justice, history, politics, academic institutions and failures, … More Actuaries and Actresses
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