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Episode 7: The Person Who Knows

Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

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Pandemic Preparedness and the Exponential Spread Analogy

This chapter contrasts a humorous DirecTV advertisement seen through the eyes of two pigeons with a serious discussion on pandemic preparedness. It highlights a significant moment in 2005 when a team was formed under the Bush administration to devise national response strategies, featuring a doctor’s analogy of virus spread to a wildfire.

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