3.51 COVID-19 Modeling with Youyang Gu

Plenary Session

Vinay Prasad, MD MPH

Health, Medicine, Policy, Oncology, Science & Medicine

4.7 • 789 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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On today's episode we interview Youyang Gu, an independent data scientist who created some of the most models of the COVID-19 pandemic. He talks us through how he made the projections. His work is available on his website: https://covid19-projections.com/ Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

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0:00.0	Welcome. I'm Dr. Vinay Prasad. I'm a hematologist, oncologist, and I'm associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. In my professional life, I see patients, I teach trainees, and I do research in health care policy. This is Plenary Session. Plenary session is a
0:24.0	podcast at the intersection of medicine, oncology, and health policy. And you're listening to
0:28.5	season three on this week's episode. This week on Plenary Session, we have the modeler's modeler,
0:36.2	the modeler who got things
0:37.9	more accurate than most.
0:39.8	Yu Yang-Gu.
0:40.9	Yu-yang-Gu has an undergraduate degree from MIT, and he was not in epidemiology prior to this
0:46.1	pandemic, but he is now.
0:47.7	And he's got a lot to say on this pandemic.
0:50.1	You won't want to miss this discussion.
0:53.6	You know, normally every week you hear me say, if you're fan of this show, go support us on Patreon and get access to the slides.
0:59.6	I got something new to say this time.
1:01.3	I think the good old days are over.
1:04.0	We're living in a unique time where people are very happy to extinguish voices and ideas that they deem unfit for consumption.
1:11.4	And so I personally have gone on Patreon.
1:13.6	I've supported a number of people who I listen to,
1:16.3	the podcast that I love.
1:17.6	And I'm encouraging you to do the same.
1:19.2	The only way we can combat this growing force of illiberalism
1:22.2	is to support with our dollar bills podcasts we enjoy.
1:25.5	So that's my plug.
1:33.5	Thank you. with our dollar bills podcast we enjoy. So that's my plug. I'm back in plenary session.
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