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The virus

Submitted by Marianne on 23 April, 2020
Julia Gog and David Spiegelhalter

Julia Gog (Photo by Henry Kenyon) and David Spiegelhalter.

This podcast is dedicated to the one thing that's been on everybody's mind for the last few weeks: the coronavirus. We report on our conversation with Julia Gog, an epidemiologist who has been informing the Science Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), talk to David Spiegelhalter, Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, about how to communicate science during a crisis, and explore the maths of herd immunity in one minute.

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The music in this podcast comes from the band eusa. The track is called Now we are all SoB's.

You can listen to the podcast using the player above, and you can listen and subscribe to our podcast through Apple Podcasts, Spotify and through most other podcast providers via podbean.

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This podcast was partially funded by the European Mathematical Society.


You can listen to the podcast using the player above, and you can listen and subscribe to our podcast through Apple Podcasts, Spotify and through most other podcast providers via podbean.
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