47 min

Masking Up Dangerous Exponents: A Covid-19 Podcast

    • Life Sciences

Are masks truly the lowest-cost major measure we can take to curb the pandemic? Why do some people refuse to wear them? And why do most people in many countries still not have high-quality masks? Co-hosts Jeff Sackmann and Carl Bialik dive into the data and confusing messaging around masks.
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Episode reading list:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/nyregion/nyc-face-masks.html
https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-masks-and-the-experts
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/01/why-arent-we-wearing-better-masks/617656/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-was-consuming-india-until-nearly-everyone-started-wearing-masks-11609329603
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-masks.html
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/31/21198132/coronavirus-covid-face-masks-n95-respirator-ppe-shortage
https://www.aier.org/article/the-question-of-masks/

Are masks truly the lowest-cost major measure we can take to curb the pandemic? Why do some people refuse to wear them? And why do most people in many countries still not have high-quality masks? Co-hosts Jeff Sackmann and Carl Bialik dive into the data and confusing messaging around masks.
Please let us know what you think of this and other episodes, and what you want us to cover next, in our feedback form:
https://forms.gle/ik7Mifxq7HMrg2nL8
Episode reading list:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/nyregion/nyc-face-masks.html
https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-masks-and-the-experts
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/01/why-arent-we-wearing-better-masks/617656/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-was-consuming-india-until-nearly-everyone-started-wearing-masks-11609329603
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-face-masks.html
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/31/21198132/coronavirus-covid-face-masks-n95-respirator-ppe-shortage
https://www.aier.org/article/the-question-of-masks/

47 min