Epidemiological Modeling, Policy, and Covid-19 | Daniel Kaufman, Eric Winsberg, & John Symons

How to model an epidemic 3:30 The costs and benefits of cost-benefit analysis 21:40 Turning coronavirus models into coronavirus policy 35:19 Eric: Your intuitions about the virus’s spread are "useless" 47:31 The use and abuse of epidemiological models 57:31 Pandemic models and failures of political leadership 1:02:53 Our scandalous lack of infection-rate data 1:15:17 Why suppressing the virus “is a marathon, not a sprint” 1:22:58 Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora), Eric Winsberg (University of South Florida), and John Symons (University of Kansas) Recorded April 16, 2020 Join the conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/42714 Subscribe to the podcast: http://meaningoflife.tv/subscribe Subscribe to the MeaningofLife.tv YouTube channel: https://goo.gl/J9BHA4 Follow us on Twitter:   / meaninglifetv   Like us on Facebook:   / meaningoflife.tv