Jeff Sackmann and Carl Bialik bring their analytical thinking to timely discussions about the virus, how the media is covering it, and how governments and the public are responding.
Dangerous Exponents: A Covid-19 Podcast
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Jeff Sackmann and Carl Bialik bring their analytical thinking to timely discussions about the virus, how the media is covering it, and how governments and the public are responding.
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11/25/2020
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Recent Episodes
February 17, 2021
Hygiene Theater and Absolutism
How do we fight the pandemic without losing everything we're fighting for? Co-hosts Jeff Sackmann and Carl Bialik discuss how to focus the fight on what works best, how to avoid an absolutist stand with impossibly high standards, and whether we can abandon the measures that are more like the performance of safety. Episode reading list: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/briefing/trump-covid-chick-corea-olympics-president.html https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/americas-bipartisan-covid-19-illiteracy/617368/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/upshot/epidemiologists-virus-survey-.html https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/11/pandemic-restrictions-no-logic/617204/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/hygiene-theater-still-waste/617939/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/wear-your-mask-and-stop-talking/615796/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/world/asia/covid-cleaning.html https://nypost.com/2021/01/19/3-out-of-4-riders-say-mta-cleaning-for-covid-makes-them-feel-safer/
February 10, 2021
The Other Vaccines
The U.S. and Europe have grown accustomed to hearing about vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson. How about vaccines developed in Russia, China, and India that have been administered for weeks or months and are being given to millions of people in dozens of countries? Co-hosts Jeff Sackmann and Carl Bialik consider the varied approaches to vaccination and ask whether there's a better way. Episode reading list: https://zeynep.substack.com/p/why-you-should-take-any-vaccine https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/08/the-sputnik-v-vaccine-and-russias-race-to-immunity https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/india-coronavirus-vaccinations/2021/01/15/342a7282-55c9-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/argentina-is-a-testing-ground-for-moscows-global-vaccine-drive-11610965529 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-06/putin-s-once-scorned-vaccine-is-now-a-favorite-in-pandemic-fight https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russia-coronavirus-vaccine-sputnik/2020/11/25/8ebb62fe-186d-11eb-8bda-814ca56e138b_story.html?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_23 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/9/russia-china-seek-to-expand-mena-influence-through-vaccines
February 3, 2021
Which Places Are Handling the Pandemic Best? How Can We Tell?
Before the novel coronavirus emerged, we had rankings of countries' readiness. Now we have rankings of countries' responses, using all kinds of measures. Co-hosts Jeff Sackmann and Carl Bialik consider the rankings. Do we know enough to say how well people and their governments have responded? How much does luck play a role? Is it too early for a true assessment? Please let us know what you think of this and other episodes, and what you want us to cover next, in our feedback form: https://forms.gle/ik7Mifxq7HMrg2nL8 Episode reading list: https://news.yahoo.com/brazils-covid-19-response-worst-023523992.html https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/07/which-country-has-had-the-best-response-to-the-coronavirus.html https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02596-8 https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-03/singapore-s-covid-success-isn-t-easily-replicated http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/03/swedish-model-failed-covid-19 https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/22/sweden-coronavirus-covid-response/ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-22/how-winter-california-covid-19-surge-got-so-bad https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/01/15/ireland-has-one-of-the-worlds-highest-covid-19-infection-rates https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/business/coronavirus-vaccines-global-economy.html
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