BlueDot Narrated

What Were the Death Tolls from Pandemics in History?

BlueDot Narrated

Show Notes

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. This resource from 'Our World in Data' estimates the death tolls from the most devastating pandemics in history, with a particular focus on the 19th century onwards. Original text: https://ourworldindata.org/historical-pandemics Author(s): Our World in Data A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

More from BlueDot Narrated

Jan 16, 2026

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://www.faruvc.org/ Author(s): Jeff Kaufman. A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Jan 15, 2026

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://blog.bluedot.org/p/what-is-ai-alignment Author(s): Adam Jones. A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Jan 15, 2026

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/flipping-the-switch-on-far-uvc?hide_intro_popup=true Author(s): Richard Williamson. A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Jan 15, 2026

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hs.2022.0126 Author(s): Nadia X. Montazeri and Jonas B. Sandbrink. A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Jan 12, 2026

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Executive Summary The chance of H5N1 or one of its descendants causing a pandemic is slim, but the impact would probably be more severe than COVID-19A reasonable forecast that H5N1 causes a pandemic as bad as or worse than COVID-19 beginning in the next year is ~4%, which means the expected cost in terms of potential harms to the U.S. is at least $640 billionThe federal government can reduce that risk by: Scaling up testing &...

See all episodes →