Open AccessmSphere of Influence: That’s Racist—COVID-19, Biological Determinism, and the Limits of Hypotheses
Author(s) -
Kishana Taylor
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
msphere
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.749
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2379-5042
DOI - 10.1128/msphere.00945-20
Subject(s) - covid-19 , context (archaeology) , determinism , sociology , genealogy , philosophy , history , epistemology , virology , biology , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , disease , archaeology
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.