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Northwestern Professor Says Response to Viruses Creates a ‘Viral Underclass’
Aug 4, 2022
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Paul Caine
Viruses don’t discriminate, society does. That’s the argument made by Northwestern University journalism professor Steven Thrasher in his new book.
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