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Superspreader Events: How To Find Them And Stop Them

Superspreader Events: How To Find Them And Stop Them

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Co-hosts Jeff Sackmann and Carl Bialik explore the numbers behind superspreader events. What makes an event a superspreader, how do we know the extent of the spread, and will society change permanently to stop them?

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Episode reading list:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/10/nation/biogen-conference-boston-likely-linked-330000-covid-19-cases-worldwide-researchers-say/

https://gijn.org/2020/10/26/tracking-the-superspreader-events-driving-the-covid-19-pandemic/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/world/asia/india-coronavirus-shramik-specials.html

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/10/22/trumps-campaign-made-stops-nationwide-then-coronavirus-cases-surged/3679534001/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/08/worst-case-scenerios-sturgis-rally-may-be-linked-266000-coronavirus-cases-study-says/

https://slate.com/technology/2020/09/sturgis-rally-covid19-explosion-paper.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-soccer-match-that-kicked-off-italys-coronavirus-disaster-11585752012

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