#190 — How Should We Respond to Coronavirus?

Sam Harris speaks with Nicholas Christakis about the coronavirus
pandemic. They discuss the likely effects on society, proactive
vs reactive school closures, community transmission, false
comparisons between coronavirus and flu, the imperative of social
distancing, the timeline of the pandemic, Trump’s political
messaging, the widespread distrust of expertise, the importance
of "flattening the curve" of the epidemic, the possible failure
of our healthcare system, gradations of personal response to this
threat, and other topics.


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