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America's Horror Story: Trump and the Invisible Enemy
The Trump administration’s response to COVID-19 can be characterized as disjointed, to put it mildly, or as chaotic, to be less charitable. President Trump has routinely contradicted the advice from the officials of the Centers for Disease Control, explained away the high number of cases as only...
Source Credibility During an Infodemic: The Increasing Role of Experience in Credible Communication
Since March 2020, when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, people around the world have been inundated with messages about how to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. For some, these messages stick. They heed the warnings of public health officials, washing their...
Dear Media: Tell More Stories about Health Disparities
The Numbers Show Health Disparities Exist in a COVID-19 Era In April 2020, the data started to emerge. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that the COVID-19 virus was having disproportionately negative effects on people of color when compared with their white counterparts....
COVID-19, Anti-Asian Racism, and the Racialization of Epidemics
Around mid-March this year, in the midst of what was meant to be a year-long sabbatical in China, we received an invitation to a private WeChat group populated by Asian-American parents in our suburban Cincinnati, OH school district. Such invitations were typical on the Chinese diaspora’s most...
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