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#146 – Michael Mina: Rapid Testing, Viruses, and the Engineering Mindset
Lex Fridman Podcast
Detecting Novel Coronavirus in New York City in 2020
There were hints that maybe the virus was spreading in New York City, but he didn't have any data to back it up. And so Andrew Cuomo had no choice but to leave the city open. The moment they started running a PCR test, they find out it's everywhere. You know, and so that was a disaster because of course New York City,. you know, it was just hit so bad because nobody was, you know, we were blind to it.
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