Babbage Can mobile-phone data help curb contagion?

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Apr 1st 2020

HOW ARE location data from mobile phones being used to combat covid-19? And, as more people are forced to stay at home, can broadband and mobile internet connections keep up? Plus, the epidemiologist who helped defeat smallpox, Larry Brilliant, on what needs to be done against the coronavirus. Kenneth Cukier hosts. Runtime: 27 min

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