Yale University's Dr. Nicholas Christakis explores . He looks at historical epidemics and current medical and social research to help us understand the potential long-term impact COVID-19 will have on people and culture.
Greek mythology holds that the arrows of plague shot down upon the Greeks led to great death and suffering. The plague that has brought death and pain over this past year was not brought by an angry god, but an infinitesimal virus that has wreaked global havoc and exposed the best and worst of human behavior.
We spend an informative and insightful hour with Nicholas Christakis.
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- Nicholas Christakis - A physician and sociologist; he directs the at Yale where he is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, and he's the author of
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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed this show, which originally aired on January 19, 2021
