I recently talked about coronavirus with our old friend Kushal Mehra. I decided this is probably a time where I can post all the different coronavirus related podcasts I’ve done. I started on February 17th, on my podcast with Spencer Wells. You can see all the podcasts in rough order of date recorded…
It’s not live yet, but I’m going to have an episode on Two for Tea soon (it was recorded before the two below, so I put it here).
I have a post where I analyze the idea that weather has an effect on the spread of coronavirus. One thing to note is that the best models focus on absolute humidity. This means that coastal Karachi is much better placed than inland Lahore, because Lahore often has low humidity. Mumbai shouldn’t be well suited for the spread of coronavirus at any time of the year (absolute humidity too high).
The major confound here: air conditioning. This creates a bubble of low absolute humidity, so coronavirus could spread very well in these environments. If you believe these results, one might want to turn off air conditioning in offices.
– An Italian in the time of coronavirus. From 5 days ago in Verona in Veneto.
– British scientist in Shanghai talks coronavirus. A British geneticist I know who works and lives in Shanghai. Two days ago.
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