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37. Can Fear Be Good Medicine?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Cove 19 Pandemic - Is Fear a Tool in Public Health?

During the coba nineteent pandemic, we've been trying to persuade people to protect themselves and others from a dangerous virus. Fear can work, and has worked, to influence people's decisions about their health, but it doesn't always. Coming up next week, i'll chat with fiser ceo albert borlow about his new book, moonshot,. We'll hear the dramatic tale of bringing the world a first of its kind m ina vaccine when it was desperately needed. Also, don't forget to leave a review for freconomics m d wherever you get your podcast.

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