Nick Hudson, co-founder of Pandemics Data and Analytics (PANDA) joins the Burning Platform to discuss what the data suggests about the effectiveness of lockdowns on a cost-to-benefit ratio. There’s a discussion around the media’s role in stoking pandemic panic, before moving on to the subject of a vaccine - its viability given a rapid public uptake after an equally rapid turnaround, and Big Pharma’s push to get a solution to market without it first being peer reviewed. Brought to you by Nando’s.
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07.01.21 Pt 2 - The team examines whether we should be more fearful of political figures’ global pandemic of stupidity, rather than Covid-19. As we move into the second year of the global lockdown cycle, there are serious questions around the mental health of society and the development of children who will become the next generation of functioning adults. Closing out the pandemic-related hour is a look at whether some countries have handled lockdowns better than others.
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21.08.20 Pt 1 - Durban is a tropical paradise, snow would bring heart failure to the surfers. The Kalvaris measure wellness by being the best of a mediocre bunch. Anti-semitism is not worth your child's university fees. Menopause should be meno-off. A gay uncle brings a 4th dimension to your child's life. And don't be naked on a bus.
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20.08.20 Pt 2 - Alright, let's get this straight... just be nice and we'll vote for you. How wild is it that the USA's potential Vice-President was a weed smoking legal practitioner not so long ago? If you are going to be on an online call... unmute your mic, it's not hard. If you have a 'prison beard' and it ends up on YouTube, we will judge you.
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20.08.20 Pt 1 - If your ex-wife is asking for money and you had a R267 million upgrade on your house, which she lived in, it's probably a good thing you are divorced. Cardi B and her home boy Joe Biden are about "dat political life ya'll!" Covid is dead - the Kremlin has solved the mystery.
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19.08.20 Pt 2 - The honest truth is that children are very rarely a good investment if you are looking for any sort of ROI. Who's the disaster in your family, be honest it's you isn't it, yes you in the mirror! If your lady bits have WAP tendencies, what could be causing this... Dr Robyn diagnoses. Ladies, if your baby is big at birth, there's no shame in letting them out through the 'sunroof'. We then find out how girls and women can empower themselves, and their own safety with ‘Girls on Fire’.
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19.08.20 Pt 1 - If you are a Virgo, are you better at harvesting 'night energy' by closing your eyes for 8 hours or so... if only we had five letters to describe that process? Do we need to cater for luddites on Zoom? Tracy Chapman says "forgive me" - I don't do technology. Don't tell your parents you have WAP at your house, the meaning's changed.
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18.08.20 Pt 2 - They're going woohoo in Wuhan, how do we feel about this? Please don't shame your work colleagues who have let themselves go in lockdown... rather ring a shame bell - it's the right level of cruelty without being a monster. The lead singer's girlfriend is not your friend, write that down. And aligning chakras is not to be taken seriously.
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18.08.20 Pt 1 - Fellow South Africans, not to worry, NDZ didn't do anything. She was a victim of 'the machine', plus she was married to Jacob - so there's that. Should you be shallow or do people's personalities mean anything in the year of our lord, Instagram 2020. If you die, do you want a eulogy, or just a quick ice cold goodbye. He lived, he died... the end.
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Thabo Mbeki was right: There really are two South Africas. Most people jump to the conclusion that we’re a nation divided along racial lines. Others think it’s about the haves and the have-nots. The events of the past few days have made it abundantly clear that the real divide is between those who want law and order, and those who see the law only as a means to make themselves more powerful...
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