39: Coronavirus – An Outbreak in the Age of Technology

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick and Brett talk about the new Coronavirus that is responsible for causing COVID-19 that has infected over 100,000 people around the world since December of last year. Due to a large amount of media hype and misinformation that has produced mass hysteria around the world in recent weeks, Nick and Brett focus on sharing only the facts to help educate everyone about what coronaviruses are, how they work, how the COVID-19 outbreak began, and the symptoms and illness associated with the new disease. Nick and Brett also discuss how the COVID-19 outbreak is the first global viral outbreak to occur in the age of technology and share some different examples of how new and emerging technologies like AI and IoT have helped to combat and mitigate the spread of the virus. To wrap things up. Nick and Brett compare COVID-19 to other serious illnesses and outbreaks that have occurred throughout human history to put the current outbreak into perspective. *Please note that every fact shared in this episode was obtained from the U.S Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Chinese Centres for Disease Control & Prevention (CCDC). Nick and Brett are NOT certified medical professionals and do not offer medical advice outside of what has been stated by the CDC and WHO. All opinion comments made outside of the facts presented are purely subjective in nature. The Artificial Podcast is now on Alexa! All you have to do is ask Alexa to enable “The Artificial Podcast” to listen to all of our episodes on any Alexa-enabled device. Follow The Artificial Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theartificialpodcast/ Follow Nick On: LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-myers-0794/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/therednickm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therednickm/ Want to learn more about how RedFox AI can help give your brand a voice through the power of AI and Voice-First? Visit https://redfox-ai.com. If you or anyone you know is interested in being a guest on The Artificial Podcast send an email to [email protected].