26 min

His father's son: Nazeem Muhajarine connects the coronavirus and human behaviour Researchers Under the Scope

    • Natural Sciences

The way people perceive threats in a pandemic affects the spread of Covid-19, according to social epidemiologist Nazeem Muhajarine. 
 
Since he was a boy, he's studied the way government interventions really work, from the perspective of citizens who have to live with them.
 
In this episode, Muhajarine explains why he left medical school for a career in public health research, why politicians' words and actions can change infection rates, and why he strives to treat every person he meets in his research with dignity.

The way people perceive threats in a pandemic affects the spread of Covid-19, according to social epidemiologist Nazeem Muhajarine. 
 
Since he was a boy, he's studied the way government interventions really work, from the perspective of citizens who have to live with them.
 
In this episode, Muhajarine explains why he left medical school for a career in public health research, why politicians' words and actions can change infection rates, and why he strives to treat every person he meets in his research with dignity.

26 min