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Examining the facts and figures of the coronavirus outbreak, epidemiologist Larry Brilliant evaluates the global response in a candid interview with head of TED Chris Anderson. Brilliant lays out a clear plan to end the pandemic — and shows why, to achieve it, we’ll have to work together across political and geographical divides. “This is not the zombie apocalypse; this is not a mass extinction event,” he says. “We need to be the best version of ourselves.” (Recorded April 22, 2020)
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zwady
May 11, 2020 at 7:40 pm
One World Government
ItsSurfingTime
May 11, 2020 at 7:43 pm
LOL. The trigger video.
End Of Innocence
May 11, 2020 at 7:44 pm
Oh. My. God. If he is right, then we desperately need a way to make the most powerful countries in the world cooperate–We desperately need a New World Order … oh wait … I see what he did there
Yolanda Osborne
May 11, 2020 at 7:47 pm
He said something key “listen to the scientist rather than politicians”!
The Flaneur
May 11, 2020 at 10:21 pm
No, both have been bought off. They are compromised. Many of these international health bodies are taking private money. I wouldn’t trust these “scientists” who are given a conclusion to come to first.
Yolanda Osborne
May 11, 2020 at 11:40 pm
@The Flaneur Thanks for the response! I would to keep an open mind though. When there’s a problem, you refer to whom is best qualified to solve it. That’s the understanding I took from that comment. But in these times “trust” goes a long way, and “all” scientists aren’t deceitful. For the most part, they come up dead or silenced. Again, thanks for your response, conversations like these are interesting. Stay safe!
Rolf Schmitz
May 11, 2020 at 8:01 pm
Brilliant – the man deserves his name
Predatory Mistress- TAP ON MY PHOTO
May 11, 2020 at 8:07 pm
i’m bored, guy 🐈 💓 🌸 ☔
matabeleman
May 11, 2020 at 8:25 pm
Trump was late because he always has to fight the swampers….the democratics in government schiff pelosi etc must all be thrown out…..
Leon Chavez
May 11, 2020 at 8:29 pm
Contract tracing is not right. You lose rights and allow an unelected government intrusion yo your life, not brilliant
Chester Bee
May 11, 2020 at 8:30 pm
Plandemic
Bob Frog
May 11, 2020 at 8:37 pm
How about NO!
J Mundis
May 11, 2020 at 8:57 pm
On a funny note, I kind of got a chuckle out of the fact that this wonderful Dr. referred to humans as ‘customers’ as if any of us are even wishing for whatever ‘service ‘ this virus renders. My utmost respect for Dr. Larry Brilliant & what he has devoted his life to. Continuing onto a more serious note, I wish some of those that are in leadership positions would have listened & took the advice of those that truly understand Epidemiology & all the other people knowledgeable in the scientific community. I understand that everyone is trying to do their best. A lot of people have lost their lives, granted not as many as some to past outbreaks, but it just boggles my mind that in the day & age we are in, this actually turned into a pandemic all over the world. There are so many people on this beautiful planet that are suffering unnecessarily &/or have their lives turned completely inside out & upside down to something & why?!?! All because of the unprecedented unpreparedness & incompetence of some that have been either elected or whatever. Not like anything like this has happened on such a scale as it has in the past but there were definitely similar viruses that have emerged. I most certainly hope that WE ALL LEARN FROM THIS so this hopefully never happens again.
niccolom
May 11, 2020 at 9:10 pm
Indeed.
The global solution on how to solve/desolve China.
This pandemic is political. It must be solved politically first, before a medical solution becomes viable and effective.
Camers1
May 11, 2020 at 9:15 pm
Modern problems require modern solutions??
Mitch McQuinn
May 11, 2020 at 9:28 pm
I can’t help but really like this guy
Christian Williams
May 11, 2020 at 9:34 pm
Instead of concentrating our efforts on testing and vaccines we should try to stop it at the source which is clearly the abuse of natural habitat, hunting animals, factory farming which is one of our biggest threat for brewing these deadly viruses and the wet markets. Let stop using animals as food and as pets, and let the wild ecosystem rebuild themselves to be robust so there will be less chances of contracting these infections. Also this will eliminate all of the food poisoning that everybody have been experiencing since the day we started eating animals and animal products.
Christian Williams
May 11, 2020 at 9:37 pm
The more we abuse nature and it’s animals it inhabits, the more we trap and kill animals for food, the more we breed them into misery in factory farming, the pandemics will keep on coming in, in full force and will get more deadly.
Jim Scara
May 11, 2020 at 9:46 pm
We can thank china for this one
Sannidor
May 11, 2020 at 9:57 pm
Covid19 plandemic is a *HOAX!* Test are bogus, death statistics are false, hospitals are empty. No more lies!
Broquè Trashè
May 11, 2020 at 10:09 pm
The detection of Covid-19 was earlier than SARS detection!! Wtf ?!
KASPER the FAKE
May 11, 2020 at 10:20 pm
This guy is lying so much he oughta be in bed
bravojr
May 11, 2020 at 11:09 pm
Communism wishes to jail virus, solves nothing as we should be jailing people who are irresponsible instead, or rather responsible for major irresponsible political actions and horrible motives.
Som Thing
May 11, 2020 at 11:24 pm
Or, you do what trump and johnson do, if you are a farfarright nihilist.
asattar2007
May 11, 2020 at 11:24 pm
Stop it! It’s pathetic!
max1cote
May 12, 2020 at 12:35 am
Get lost with your One world order!
ladi jada
May 12, 2020 at 12:44 am
No. Global “solutions” are expensive, slow, biased and corrupt. Local solutions are the opposite.
The One
May 12, 2020 at 9:56 am
“We think we are some kind of special species. To the virus we are not!”
Vivi Vv
May 12, 2020 at 10:38 am
Proud of Taiwan 🥰
_ L
May 12, 2020 at 11:10 am
Oml, it’s almost like the whole damn world was grossly unprepared because they ignored experts, and we’ll learn nothing from it.
Jiao Song
May 12, 2020 at 12:39 pm
We are all in it together, we need a global solution to a global problem
Julia Lerner
May 13, 2020 at 11:06 pm
All transport hubs need state of the art virus detection systems.
Sya Fiah
May 12, 2020 at 1:09 pm
Subtitel Indonesia
jchittoor
May 12, 2020 at 2:27 pm
brilliant was brilliantly clear. Chris was outstanding in the interview! hungry for more such dialogues!
Mehr Babaycon
May 12, 2020 at 2:31 pm
If they do not have enough beds they can try and take the ones of patients at home. Do u agree 👍🏻 if u do
Jay Dub
May 12, 2020 at 3:02 pm
I had been a radical, a left-wing politico, and meeting the Indian people made me realize that the politics of the left and the right were so much less important than the politics of the heart and the spirit.
– Larry Brilliant
Liliana Santos
May 12, 2020 at 5:14 pm
He is talking to me in truth. No lies
Guillermo Antonio Hernández Mata
May 12, 2020 at 5:17 pm
Excelente vídeo, me encantó
Enlightened Beings
May 12, 2020 at 5:39 pm
quite informative video..
#EnlightenedBeings
Raffaele Filosofi
May 12, 2020 at 6:06 pm
If the sooner you deal with it the better, then who else is to blame if not China? Please..
Carlos Spicyweiner
May 12, 2020 at 6:21 pm
As usual, the problem is capitalism.
ghast.mp3
May 12, 2020 at 6:27 pm
Why is this in the #a
Paul Emmanuel Kreative
May 12, 2020 at 8:11 pm
Ah yes, now the future is jailing people who may or may not have the next “pandemic”. I remember how this was supposed to kill 2 million people in the US. Stop stroking these guys egos. They were all wrong, again, and again.
That Guy
May 12, 2020 at 10:08 pm
staying indoors lowers our immunity, and when everyone comes back out, we’ll be even more vulnerable.
Brain Optimization
May 12, 2020 at 11:42 pm
At the end, this is only a flu, but with a catch: It was paired to deadly misinformation from WHO and China on how to treat it — wrong protocol leading to lots of death, leading to panic, and more death. The deadly early advise was “just entubate and use the ventilators, NO antii-nflammatories, NO antivirals NO antibiotics.” Mmmmmm I wander where they got such a genius protocol!
Miss Jezebel
May 15, 2020 at 9:21 pm
It is not influenza. Please read, develop your reading comprehension skills, as well as critical thinking skills. Additionally, it would be very helpful for you to take a beginner’s class in human biology at your local community college. To develop a well-informed perspective and respected opinion, seek accurate information and authentic knowledge from multiple, reliable sources; research; compare; ponder; discuss.
Rosy Hays
May 13, 2020 at 1:34 am
Whatever! Where were you? It did work at Trump Speed! Trump did a great job! The only one to blame here is CHINA!
victoria trushian
May 13, 2020 at 6:55 am
UNSUBSCRIBE TO ANY CHANNEL THAT PROMOTES GLOBALIST AGENDA.. LIKE THIS ONE.. ITS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A HUMAN.. THEY ARE EXTERMINATING US
Afungus Amungus
May 13, 2020 at 7:32 am
Where’s the “woke” crowd now?
jhe3903
May 13, 2020 at 11:11 am
Great talk but nz isnt a republic
Tj Tj
May 13, 2020 at 11:39 am
It’s not a pandemic, it’s a plandemic!
Pratik Pattnaik
May 13, 2020 at 4:53 pm
No one cares for people who envision the doom before they start, we are all busy seeing the girl’s dance and listening to Flash speak, read what lies is fed and eat what makes us older fast. Good job world, good job!
ITouchTheSky 8GladysWorld8
May 13, 2020 at 5:16 pm
I love watching and listening to both of you from the top of Trentino Italy mountain. I love Tedx and Ted.
Julia Lerner
May 13, 2020 at 11:04 pm
Early detection at all major airports and train stations should be the first line of defense.
jorgedefoe1
May 14, 2020 at 3:50 am
There is hope…because the Gate$, CDC, WHO and Fauci’s vaccination coup d’état is being called out over and over !!
Almost everything we have been told has been WRONG and this guys still believes vaccines are the way to health.
Irish Virologist Immunology Scientist calls the current narrative a Hoax and A Crime Against Humanity.
Nick Carpet Cleaning
May 14, 2020 at 5:21 am
The chinese transparency and coummunication are other issues.OLO
赵睿哲
May 14, 2020 at 9:20 am
complaining on transparency but giving no evidence
Thùy Linh Hà Nguyễn
May 14, 2020 at 1:31 pm
Thank You both very much.
Le
May 15, 2020 at 1:24 am
Does Dr Brilliant have some suggestions for poor countries without resources?
Sarah Thio
May 15, 2020 at 6:42 am
We listened to the scientists in UK and we’ve failed. The science is not adequate. It has spread globally before any knew they needed testing. So isolating the asymptomatic cases is impossible unless we find a way of detecting it this cohort.
李卓然
May 16, 2020 at 7:08 am
People need to set down and discuss how to deal with the disaster like COVID-19.
no more boundary or Non-cooperative way we all family on this earth. from taiwan
Johnny Darcalli
May 17, 2020 at 7:01 am
Ted stay out of this you filthy NWO cork soccers. Every fawkin video lie after lie for the chicken hawks