Robin Hanson on Variolation as a Response to COVID-19: Self in Society #15
Apr 24, 2020•47 min•Ep. 15
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Episode description
Economist and iconoclast Robin Hanson suggests that variolation—controlled, intentional infection of the virus that causes COVID-19—could be an important "Plan B" if containment fails in the long-term and eventual herd immunity seems likely.
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