Understanding how a pandemic works helps people avoid the mistake of overreacting and panicking or being complacent and minimizing the risks involved. This video covers five facts, including how exponential growth factors into a pandemic, the importance of social distancing, and the load a new virus places on the health care system. I also talk about how influenza compares to the new coronavirus.
And now, for any reader who made it this far: I stayed up way too late finishing this video and don't have the energy to write a compelling description at the moment. So this will have to do.
