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This is for scientists & science writers.
15 minutes on why your input & clear communication on the lab-leak theory is so important right now.
A special episode of #coronapod @NaturePodcast by me & @noabaker
nature.com/articles/d4158…
15 minutes on why your input & clear communication on the lab-leak theory is so important right now.
A special episode of #coronapod @NaturePodcast by me & @noabaker
nature.com/articles/d4158…
Some of what I talk about in this episode is helpfully informed by @MoNscience
And for more on how uncertainty—an essential component in science—can be manipulated, see this piece by @jetjocko wired.com/story/covid-19…
🚨Biosecurity experts ran dozens of pandemic war-games to prep for this crisis.
My NEW feature w/@jefftollef asks what went wrong.
They depicted #coronavirus, leaky travel bans, PPE shortages, vaccine scrambles, battles btwn leaders. But not Trump. nature.com/articles/d4158…
My NEW feature w/@jefftollef asks what went wrong.
They depicted #coronavirus, leaky travel bans, PPE shortages, vaccine scrambles, battles btwn leaders. But not Trump. nature.com/articles/d4158…
We spoke with researchers who ran simulations like Dark Winter, Atlantic Storm, Crimson Contagion, Clade X, Event 201. They foresaw a lot of problems happening now. But most thought we were better than anywhere else because of technological capacity, medical & science excellence.
As a long-time government researcher told me: "You need gas in the engine and the brakes to work, but if the driver doesn't want to use the car, you're not going anywhere." nature.com/articles/d4158…
