mSphere of Influence: That’s Racist—COVID-19, Biological Determinism, and the Limits of Hypotheses
ABSTRACT Kishana Taylor works in the field of virology. In this mSphere of Influence article, she reflects on the personal impact of “Racial health disparities and COVID-19 – caution and context” by Merlin Chowkwanyun and Adolph L. Reed, Jr. (N Engl J Med 383:201–203, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1056/N...
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| description | ABSTRACT Kishana Taylor works in the field of virology. In this mSphere of Influence article, she reflects on the personal impact of “Racial health disparities and COVID-19 – caution and context” by Merlin Chowkwanyun and Adolph L. Reed, Jr. (N Engl J Med 383:201–203, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2012910) and “A hypothesis is a liability” by Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher (Genome Biol 21:231, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-020-02133-w) and how it became part of the mission for Black In Microbiology Week. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-19b44fb60c984ca2b312b88127d485e72022-12-21T23:14:13ZengAmerican Society for MicrobiologymSphere2379-50422020-10-015510.1128/mSphere.00945-20mSphere of Influence: That’s Racist—COVID-19, Biological Determinism, and the Limits of HypothesesKishana Taylor0Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAABSTRACT Kishana Taylor works in the field of virology. In this mSphere of Influence article, she reflects on the personal impact of “Racial health disparities and COVID-19 – caution and context” by Merlin Chowkwanyun and Adolph L. Reed, Jr. (N Engl J Med 383:201–203, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2012910) and “A hypothesis is a liability” by Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher (Genome Biol 21:231, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-020-02133-w) and how it became part of the mission for Black In Microbiology Week.https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00945-20Black In MicrobiologyCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2health disparities |
| spellingShingle | Kishana Taylor mSphere of Influence: That’s Racist—COVID-19, Biological Determinism, and the Limits of Hypotheses mSphere Black In Microbiology COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 health disparities |
| title | mSphere of Influence: That’s Racist—COVID-19, Biological Determinism, and the Limits of Hypotheses |
| title_full | mSphere of Influence: That’s Racist—COVID-19, Biological Determinism, and the Limits of Hypotheses |
| title_fullStr | mSphere of Influence: That’s Racist—COVID-19, Biological Determinism, and the Limits of Hypotheses |
| title_full_unstemmed | mSphere of Influence: That’s Racist—COVID-19, Biological Determinism, and the Limits of Hypotheses |
| title_short | mSphere of Influence: That’s Racist—COVID-19, Biological Determinism, and the Limits of Hypotheses |
| title_sort | msphere of influence that s racist covid 19 biological determinism and the limits of hypotheses |
| topic | Black In Microbiology COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 health disparities |
| url | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00945-20 |
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