PANDA's Nick Hudson: "Breathtaking failure" by scaremongering Covid-19 modellers - SA deaths to peak this month

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Official modelling of South Africa's projected mortalities from Covid-19, which started at 375 000, was last week dropped to 40 000. But even that is a huge exaggeration says Nick Hudson co-ordinator of the group of actuaries who collaborate under the PANDA umbrella. In this fascinating podcast Hudson explains why the official modellers have a lot to answer for, and calls on them to become transparent and share their assumptions - which he says are way off beam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 Jun 2020 7AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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