Lately, in the ongoing conversation about how to defeat the coronavirus, experts have made reference to the “Swiss cheese model” of pandemic defense. The metaphor is easy enough to grasp: Multiple ...

An aviation safety theory may explain a plane crash in Japan this week. The "Swiss cheese" theory argues that crashes are often caused by a series of small errors. A Japan Airlines plane crashed into ...

Infectious disease experts actually use something called the Swiss Cheese Model to show how different layers of protection, keep us from getting a virus. Think of each layer as a piece of Swiss Cheese ...