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Larry Brilliant

Larry Brilliant's been warning about the dangers of a pandemic for years. Tim Harford talks him about how the world has handled the pandemic of 2020, and his hope for 2021.

Epidemiologists don鈥檛 often hang out with rock stars, and not many of them can say they鈥檝e played a part in eradicating a disease as deadly as smallpox. But Larry Brilliant isn鈥檛 your run of the mill public health official. He鈥檚 been warning about the dangers of a pandemic for years, and now that one is upon us, Tim Harford sat down to talk with him about how the world has handled the pandemic of 2020 and what we can hope for in 2021.
Producer: Sandra Kanthal

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29 minutes

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Mon 4 Jan 2021 11:30

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  • Mon 4 Jan 2021 11:30

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