The Future of Germs: A Discussion with Jonathan Kennedy
New Books in Biology and Evolution
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The Politics of Infectious Diseases
The politics and the technology can't be divorced from one another, he says. People in poorer areas of the countries were much worse affected by COVID-19 than others. So it was the virus on top of the pre-existing pandemics of poverty and racism and obesity that made it so much worse. "If we lived in a society where we dealt with poverty, racism, obesity much better then would be in a much better state to tackle the next crisis"
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