Contagion: epidemiology, snake oil, and curve-flattening
b'Current events \\n\\n
Our world is on the brink of some possibly extreme unpleasantness. Known unknowns threats to civilization. Humanity is bad at planning for statistically-likely-but-not-definite disaster.
\\n\\n Bullshit \\n\\nThe anti-scientific garbage that starts to overflow in the face of a public health crisis. Goop. Alex Jones. Snake oil. Homeopathy. Price gouging. Levels of understanding and respect for the severity of the current pandemic across age groups.
\\n\\n Epidemiology \\n\\nR0, or basic reproduction number. Vulnerable sub-populations. Prisons. Social distancing. Hoarding toilet paper and\\u2026 meat? The nipah virus.
\\n\\n Human behaviour \\n\\nSocial distancing. Hoarding steak and toilet paper.
\\n\\n Epidemiology \\n\\nHistorical pandemics. Rate of spead and pandemic reach in the premodern and modern worlds. Propaganda and the \\u201cSpanish Flu\\u201d of 1918. Wildlife as natural disease reservoirs. Wildlife farming and infectious disease overflow. Disease-spread mitigation. Getting germs in your holes Wash your hands!
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- \\n\\t\\t\\t\\tJohns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center: JHU.edu\\n\\t\\t\\t \\n\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t
- \\n\\t\\t\\t\\tWhy new diseases keep appearing in China by Vox: YouTube\\n\\t\\t\\t \\n\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t
- \\n\\t\\t\\t\\tMedlife Crisis: YouTube\\n\\t\\t\\t \\n\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t
- \\n\\t\\t\\t\\tPlanet Money Podcast: NPR.org\\n\\t\\t\\t \\n\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t
- \\n\\t\\t\\t\\tThe Indicator from Planet Money: NPR.org\\n\\t\\t\\t \\n\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t
- \\n\\t\\t\\t\\tSelf-experimentation in medicine: Wikipedia\\n\\t\\t\\t \\n\\t\\t\\n\\t