Coronavirus: The balance between humanity and big data
It's easier to plan for and mitigate a pandemic when more people have the disease. More sick people means more data about the pathogen. But with every single sick person is a tragedy, and it's important to keep both in mind — both the huge, impersonal numbers and every individual's stories. In this week's episode of Exit 43 we speak with a pair of Yale epidemiologists about maintaining the balance between the data and people behind that data, and a rabbi who has comforted people at the graveside.