How to Crush the Curve

Q&A with Yaneer Bar-Yam, physicist, pandemic advisor

Travis Ronald Comstock
Apr 13, 2020 · 8 min read

This isn’t the article I intended to write.

The article I wanted to write was going to be reeeally cooool.

**SPOILER ALERT: It was going to start with an allegory about WWI and turn into a cautionary tale about how the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to unexpected consequences. It had engaging characters, epic plot twists and an ambiguous cliffhanger ending.

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