More evidence Covid-19 lockdown shattered economy for no good reason: PANDA's Nick Hudson

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A fierce critic of the SA government's approach towards the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown, actuary Nick Hudson of Pandemic Data and Analytics (PANDA) forecasts that the Western Cape will reach herd immunity within a month. Hudson has conducted research into the country's rate of infection, studying the trends around the hotspots which include the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Gauteng. He joins BizNews founder Alec Hogg to contemplate how his research has panned out, as he predicted, and to examine how SA is past its peak of Covid-19 deaths - Bernice Maune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 Aug 2020 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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