Co-hosts Jeff Sackmann and Carl Bialik discuss the coronavirus vaccines that are making their way into arms around the world as we speak. How did we get them so quickly? How useful are they likely to be? And who should get them first, a nurse or LeBron James?

Co-hosts Jeff Sackmann and Carl Bialik discuss how small changes and uncertainty in R0, Rt, and K can have big impacts on the pandemic—and the challenges of translating all that into a clear public-health message.

Relevant links:

https://rt.live/

http://metrics.covid19-analysis.org/

In the pilot episode of their new podcast about Covid-19, Jeff Sackmann and Carl Bialik discuss the forthcoming U.S. holiday, Thanksgiving, and the public-health recommendations against big celebratory gatherings. Taking an analytical approach to the virus, Jeff and Carl discuss:

Whether small gatherings are a major source of infection;

How limits to data availability are holding back policy;

How incentives, creativity, and harm reduction could aid the fight