Confronting COVID-19

Research on the 2014 Ebola epidemic suggests the importance of patient trust, grass-roots mobilization, and honesty in stopping an epidemic.

Why don’t we prepare better for crises we know are coming? What effect will the coronavirus pandemic have on Trump’s 2020 chances? Should we even be having an election in the midst of a viral outbreak? On this episode, we turn to political science.

Power demand in Italy has fallen 18 percent so far. Such data can be a real-time indicator of coming economic damage.