Coronavirus: Who do you Believe?

Science Rules! with Bill Nye

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4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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It feels like we’re in a transitional moment. As some states begin to relax their social distancing measures, how do you know who to believe? Science Journalist for The New York Times Apoorva Mandavilli joins to talk about communicating risk responsibly, what happens if schools reopen and how to sift through conflicting information.

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0:00.0	Witness Docs from Stitcher
0:07.0	This is in historic time.
0:14.0	This could be the next 1918 pandemic.
0:17.0	Why is it taking so long to get a screening test?
0:19.0	Are you isolating yourself?
0:21.0	You can.
0:22.0	It's actually to protect you.
0:24.0	Wash hands, wash hands, wash hands.
0:27.0	I mean you're the scientist.
0:28.0	You're going to have to tell me.
0:33.0	Welcome, welcome to Science Rules, coronavirus edition.
0:36.0	I'm your host Bill Nye, and this is our special series
0:39.0	in which we bring you the latest analysis and the science of this pandemic.
0:44.0	We want to keep you informed, prepared, and calm.
0:48.0	We're all in this together, my friends.
0:51.0	According to The New York Times, the Trump administration now projects that by this June
0:56.0	there will be 3,000 COVID-19 deaths every day in the United States.
1:02.0	That's almost double from the current daily rate of about 1750.
1:06.0	This is not good people.
1:08.0	It would mean that as a whole, the US hasn't come as far as many had hoped.
1:13.0	As some states have begun to reopen, it feels like we're in a transitional time.
1:18.0	Communicating risk as folks begin to relax their social distancing measures
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