[Podcast] What Do COVID-19 and Birthdays Have in Common?

The first episode of Freakonomics, M.D. is now available. In this installment, Dr. Bapu Jena examines the impact of birthday celebrations on the spread of COVID-19.

“Host Bapu Jena is an economist and medical doctor whose latest research measures the link between birthdays and Covid. He explains his team’s findings, explores the role that kids’ parties may have played, reveals whether politics made a difference, and convinces a Zoom magician to reveal the secrets of making virtual parties awesome.” Listen to the podcast here.

(Source: Bapu Jena, Freakonomics, M.D., 8/5/21)