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Viruses

11/13/2022

Monkeypox Has Been Around for Decades; This Outbreak is a Product of Neglect

by Alessandro Hammond and Cameron Sabet

The world's response to viral outbreaks in poor nations demonstrates the hoarding of resources in the Global North, but it's ultimately self-defeating for rich nations, too.

SOURCE: The Nation
9/7/2021

Carl Zimmer's Planet of Viruses and the Politics of Popular Science Writing

by Danielle Carr

Carl Zimmer's work as a science popularizer has been hailed as a key to bringing Americans on board with public health measures in the pandemic. But does his approach to writing about the science of viruses obscure the context of politics in which science unfolds?