mSphere of Influence: That’s Racist—COVID-19, Biological Determinism, and the Limits of Hypotheses | Zendy

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mSphere 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 , determinism , mathematics , virology , philosophy , biology , epistemology , medicine , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)

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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