Denial And Lies Are 'Almost An Intrinsic Part Of An Epidemic,' Doctor Says
Nicholas Christakis interview on NPR's "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies.
Source: NPR (October 29, 2020)
Interviews
Even with a vaccine, COVID-19 will last for years, expert says
Judy Woodruff interviewed Nicholas Christakis for PBS News Hour.
Source: PBS.org (November 12, 2020).
Q&A with public health expert Nicholas Christakis
Source: The Daily Princetonian (April 2, 2020) by Allan Shen
Coronavirus In 2021 And Beyond: When Will Life Return To Normal?
An interview with Nicholas Christakis about COVID-19 and how it will impact our future.
Source: WBUR (December 23, 2020)
Why don’t Americans trust public health agencies?
Dr. Nicholas Christakis is a guest on MPR News with Kerry Miller.
Source: MPR News (February 2, 2021)
Epidemiologist looks to the past to predict second post-pandemic 'roaring 20s'
An interview with Dr. Nicholas Christakis by Jessica Glenza in The Guardian on December 21, 2020.
Society In The Time Of Plague
Tapping into his experience as a hospice doctor in the early days of his career and his expertise in social networks, Christakis explains what it will take for citizens, leaders, and societies to work together to get through the current crisis — and what we might expect when it is finally over.
by Elizabeth Ross
Source: WGBH; International News (January 29, 2021)
Opinion: Why the pandemic won't be over until 2024
Dr. Nicholas Christakis, physician and social scientist at Yale University, explains the legacy Covid-19 will leave behind and his prediction for how long the pandemic will last.
Source: CNN, February 3, 2021
Nicholas Christakis: The Science of Social Connections (HeadCon '13 Part V)
A New Kind of Social Science for the 21st Century
A 40-minute interview with Dr. Christakis discussing changes in Social Science in the new millennium (“A New Kind of Social Science for the 21st Century”).
Social Networks Are Like the Eye
It is customary to think about fashions in things like clothes or music as spreading in a social network. But it turns out that all kinds of things, many of them quite unexpected, can flow through social networks, and this process obeys certain rules we are seeking to discover. We've been investigating the spread of obesity through a network, the spread of smoking cessation through a network, the spread of happiness through a network, the spread of loneliness through a network, the spread of altruism through a network. And we have been thinking about these kinds of things while also keeping an eye on the fact that networks do not just arise from nothing or for nothing. Very interesting rules determine their structure.
Source: Edge.com (2007)