In our time of need, when we were being beset by a deadly pathagin, you would think we would say, aha, we can now take advantage of this and save our lives. And yet, a significant fraction of people and a significant will didn't do i'll say one more thing. I think the intermediate lothality of this pathagan, it's ten times deadlier than the flue, but it's not as deadly as smallpox or bubonic plague or cholera which can kill 30 or 50 % of the people they infect. So so this virus, was really sneaky. You know, it hit us right. It has what is called protean
How do diseases and information spread? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice discover the history of pandemics, how social networks impact spread, and the hidden math behind it with sociologist Nicholas Christakis.
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