The Covid-19 Pandemic: Virology, Public Health, and Economics

An analysis of the global Covid-19 pandemic from its beginning to September 2020.

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The Covid-19 Pandemic: Virology, Public Health, and Economics

An analysis of the global Covid-19 pandemic from its beginning to September 2020.

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Length

12 videos

Price

FREE

Languages

English

Prerequisites

A strong internet connection that can support viewing

Join Prof. Jeffrey Sachs

for a

course on COVID-19.

What can we learn

from the

history of epidemics?

Discuss the

makeup of

SARS-CoV-2 and zoonotic diseases.

Learn how the international cooperation

of global health organizations

effects vaccine development.

Overview

The course contains recordings of a 12-week class delivered virtually by Jeffrey Sachs to students from Columbia SIPA, University College Dublin, and Sunway University during the September 2020 semester. The videos are available for free in the SDG Academy Library.

The videos series offers a comprehensive analysis of the global Covid-19 pandemic from its beginning to September 2020. It considered the pandemic from multiple perspectives, including: the historical role of epidemics in human history; the basic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2; the basic virology of SARS-Cov-2; the nature and causes of zoonotic diseases; the efficacy of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) to control the pandemic; a comparative analysis of control measures in different countries; the economic and humanitarian consequences of the pandemic and ways to meliorate the crisis; the economics of vaccine development; and the role of international cooperation and global health institutions.