Risk-taking in a pandemic | Beverly Taylor, Ella Whelan and Lawrence Phillips
0Beverly Taylor, Ella Whelan and Lawrence Phillips discuss the psychology of risk in a pandemic.
00:00 Introduction
02:06 Beverly Taylor
05:20 Ella Whelan
09:58 Lawrence Phillips
Watch the full debate at https://iai.tv/video/playing-with-fire?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description
In a Covid world we have been focused on safety. Yet almost all of us choose to engage in activities, from swimming in the sea to driving a car or having a bottle of wine, that carry risks. In fact, more died globally last year from alcohol than Covid. So how do we assess what risks to take and how much time and resource to protect ourselves from future risk?
While it looks as if vaccines will bring the Covid pandemic under control, the next pandemic is potentially just a virus away. Must we act urgently now to safeguard the world from a further catastrophe? Or should we assess against other global risks and the cost and resource involved? Is our ultimate goal to eradicate risk or must we accept risk is unavoidable?
In association with Seqirus. To find out more visit https://www.seqirus.com/.
#AreVaccineWorthTheRisk #Seqirus #CovidDebateUk
Head of Influenza Scientific Affairs at Seqirus Beverly Taylor, political commentator Ella Whelan and Emeritus Professor of Decision Sciences at LSE Lawrence Phillips debate playing with fire. Mary Ann Sieghart hosts.
To discover more talks, debates, interviews and academies with the world's leading speakers visit https://iai.tv/subscribe?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=playing-with-fire
The Institute of Art and Ideas features videos and articles from cutting edge thinkers discussing the ideas that are shaping the world, from metaphysics to string theory, technology to democracy, aesthetics to genetics. Subscribe today!
For debates and talks: https://iai.tv
For articles: https://iai.tv/articles
For courses: https://iai.tv/iai-academy/courses