Coronavirus Updates: Exit Strategy (For A Pandemic)
In the latest coronavirus episode, we discuss research that has been done into the viable exit strategies from lockdown, including the idea of a contact-tracing app, and discuss some early estimates a...
17 Apr 202033min
Coronavirus Updates: Modelling, Uncertainties, and Antivirals
Some further updates in the latest therapy session/ramble: - Discussion of the various models that have been used to try to predict the impact of the coronavirus pandemic - Discussion of scientific u...
16 Apr 202023min
Coronavirus Updates: Estimating R0, Serology, and Bayes' Theorem
The first of a few quick episodes where I continue going into coronavirus therapy by ranting on to you about all of the things I've learned about the current epidemic... with references to scientific ...
15 Apr 202033min
Technology, Inequality, and Catastrophic Risks III: How technology can fuel inequality
N/B: This series of episodes was written before the coronavirus pandemic. I've decided the best thing to do is to present them as was and maybe have another episode reflecting on what the pandemic mea...
11 Apr 202023min
Technology, Inequality, and Global Catastrophic Risks II: Does Technology Help or Harm?
N/B: This series of episodes was written before the coronavirus pandemic. I've decided the best thing to do is to present them as was and maybe have another episode reflecting on what the pandemic mea...
5 Apr 202034min
Technology, Inequality, and Global Catastrophic Risks I: The Great Leveller
N/B: This series of episodes was written before the coronavirus pandemic. I've decided the best thing to do is to present them as was and maybe have another episode reflecting on what the pandemic mea...
31 Mar 202039min
Coronavirus: The Next 18 Months
In this new episode, we do a deep dive into the Imperial College London paper that models the coronavirus epidemic in the UK and the effectiveness of mitigation and suppression measures, and we specul...
25 Mar 202055min
Coronavirus: Serology, Misinformation, Uncertainty
A quick update on some news surrounding the coronavirus, including why some of the headlines you may have read recently are unlikely to be true, some public service announcements about what you can do...
25 Mar 202036min
