INFORMS Open Forum

Resoundingly Human podcast: A look inside the rapid spread of the coronavirus, what are we missing?, featuring Richard Larson

  • 1.  Resoundingly Human podcast: A look inside the rapid spread of the coronavirus, what are we missing?, featuring Richard Larson

    Posted 02-26-2020 16:00
    Edited by Ashley Kilgore 02-26-2020 16:15

    In December 2019, the first cases of the coronavirus were identified in Wuhan, China. As the number of infections and subsequent patient deaths has continued to rise, the struggle to treat and contain the spread of the virus has become a worldwide concern for both medical professionals and world leaders.  

    For this episode I am joined by Richard Larson, post-tenure professor in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, whose recently published article with the INFORMS magazine OR/MS Today, "The 2019-nCoV Coronavirus: Are there two routes to infection?" looks at the possible reasons this virus is spreading so rapidly.

    Click here to listen!



    ------------------------------
    Ashley Kilgore
    Manager, Communications
    INFORMS
    Catonsville MD
    ------------------------------