Articles for Nathan Geffen
Two years into the Covid disaster, where do we stand?
Far fewer people are dying but the disease remains extremely serious
By Nathan Geffen and Marcus Low
Science | 12 May 2022
Broken bureaucracy violating prisoners’ rights
Sifiso Tembe may or may not be guilty. But he has definitely not been given a fair trial process
By Marecia Damons and Nathan Geffen
News | 10 May 2022
Dodgy lotteries: what the SIU can and can’t do
And why it’s important that the NPA joins the fray
By Nathan Geffen and Tania Broughton
Analysis | 6 April 2022
Committee to decide on Pfizer vaccine for adolescents
This follows an appeal by vaccine sceptics against SAHPRA’s decision to approve this Covid vaccine for teenagers
Brief | 4 February 2022
Covid-19: How South Africa differs from the rest of the continent
Deaths have been massively underestimated in Africa
By Alex Welte, Nathan Geffen and James Stent
Science | 19 January 2022
Health policy has become a confused mess
The health department has withdrawn welcome changes to isolation, quarantine and contact tracing policies
Opinion | 29 December 2021
Covid-19 has claimed nearly a quarter of a million lives in South Africa
Here’s how deaths have changed over the past two decades
By Nathan Geffen and Alex Welte
Science | 8 October 2021
Nick Hudson and PANDA are wrong. Believing them is deadly
Vaccines are working in South Africa. Here’s the proof
Science | 14 September 2021
How to boost the Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Government has got a few things right, but there’s so much more it can still do
By Nathan Geffen and Marcus Low
Opinion | 18 August 2021