The Politics of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Modeling, Public Health, and Conservation




Zoo Logic show

Summary: University of Minnesota researcher Dominic Travis, DVM specializes in wildlife epidemiology examining the interface between humans, domestic animals and wildlife species and how that interface affects our health, food safety, and conservation. How has our polarized political environment contributed to the public's confusion over the value of mathematical models as government agencies scramble to use their evolving predictions to inform and communicate effective health policies addressing the global crisis?