Select Media Items related to COVID-19 and Vaccines
Co-written by Troy Tassier
Are Crowded Cities the Reason for the COIVD-19 Pandemic? Placing too much blame on urban density is a mistake Scientific American, April 17, 2020
Escape from New York?: Density and the Coronavirus Trajectory (Expanded version of Scientific American article), Skynomics Blog, April 20, 2020
Border Crossings: The Spread of COVID-19 across U.S. Counties, Skynomics Blog, May 19, 2020
The Pandemic Tsunami: How COVID-19 Swept Across America, Skynomics Blog, February 25, 2021
Podcast, Radio Interview, Videos
Economist Says Lessons of Past Can Guide Path Forward Through Pandemic Patrick Verel Podcast, December 21, 2020
Vaccination Time, WFUV Interview with Nina Flaherty, August 8, 2009
Understanding Epidemics Video Series Introduction
Raw Facts: Economics Professor on the Novel Coronavirus
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Quotes in Major Media
Economic Epidemiology
ABC News, COVID devastated New York, but here's why experts say it fared better in fall surge, February 26, 2021
ABC News, A tale of two pandemics: How coronavirus split the map of the U.S., May 1, 2020
Associated Press, New York struggles with coronavirus, U.S. deaths top 1,000, March 25, 2020
Associated Press, Experts ponder causes of New York's 'breathtaking' outbreak, March 25, 2020
Crain's New York Business, NY COVID alert app exceeds 500,000 downloads, October 28, 2020
Crain's New York Business, Here's why experts say Cuomo's shutdown won't work, October 7, 2020
Crain's New York Business, With indoor dining coming back, restaurants say thank you - ambivalently, September 10, 2020
Crain's New York Business, Here's why indoor dining might not happen in the city anytime soon, August 25, 2020
Forbes, There Is Little Evidence We Are Learning The Right Lessons From Covid: Report, October 27, 2021
Newsweek, New York's COVID Cases Rise Nearly 70 Percent in 2 Weeks After Flattening Out for Months, October 7, 2020
Reuters New York City ahead of the curve on COVID-19, but faces risks going into fall, August 21, 2020
The City, New York City regained 11,000 restaurant Jobs Last Month. Now Those - and More - Could Disappear, November 19, 2020
The City, Business Leaders Push for Faster Action to Spur NYC's Economic Comeback, September 1, 2020
The Street, Is Christmas Cancelled? Questions about a US Omicron Lockdown Linger, December 21, 2021
New York City Skyline and Organization
JSTOR Daily, The Real Reason NYC's Skyscrapers Are Where They Are, August 9, 2017
Bloomberg CityLab, The Curious Case of New York's Two Economic Centers: Why Midtown and Wall Street developed both separately and parallel to each other, November 23, 2016
New York Times, 450 Million Years Ago, Hell's Kitchen earned Its Name, February 5, 2012
New York Observer, Uncanny Valley: The Real Reason There Are No Skyscrapers in the Middle of Manhattan, January 17, 2012