Some thoughts on the intersection of epidemics, fearful responses to contagions, and campus politics. 1/
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Rutgers explicitly highlights the issue of diversity and inclusion in its response to the Coronvirus epidemic, and frames it that way. In my opinion, that was poor public health messaging. https://twitter.com/HarryDCrane/status/1223388343888764938?s=20 …
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UC Bekeley faced backlash for a truthful and fact-based statement that it is ‘normal’ (in the sense of common — which it is) for people to engage in xenophobia during times of epidemics. I thought this was more honest messaging, but it caused problems: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/01/us/uc-berkeley-coronavirus-xenophobia-trnd/index.html … 4/
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Like other infectious diseases, Coronavirus will increase people’s fear that those who are different — in whatever way, let alone in a stereotypic way — pose a threat. People concerned about infectious disease indeed become more xenophobic. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1368430204046142 …
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In fact, a theory re one reason our species evolved in-group bias in first place relates to our desire to avoid ‘contamination’ from ‘other groups.’ This is not a pleasant idea; but it's likely true nonetheless. It doesn't help effective public health response to ignore this. 6/
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Some people have even been able to joke about our predilection to xenophobia in the setting of epidemics, including in the setting of coronavirus: https://twitter.com/MsMelChen/status/1223804692280401920?s=20 … 7/
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Also relevant is important distinction between bias & stereotypes. Bias is a statement like “Chinese people are bad because the epidemic started in China” whereas a stereotype is a statement like “Most carriers of the virus [so far] are Chinese or people who've been to China.” 8/
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Health care workers have a DUTY to put themselves at risk when coping with epidemics (something I have personally experienced more than once, including in the early days of the HIV epidemic) and must treat ALL patients without ANY bias whatsoever. This requires bravery. 9/
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Campus messaging w standard public health advice (eg https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/prevention-treatment.html …) along w acknowledgement that ppl returning from China have higher risk but that, nevertheless, we shouldn't adversely judge others, is more honest & nuanced way to tamp down on runaway xenophobia 10/
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Nice ethical analysis of how to respond to epidemic disease without treating other humans merely as vectors by
@rinireg in@TheTLS https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/coronavirus-virulent-attitudes-morals-story-rini/ … h/t@briandavidearp 11/Prikaži ovu nit
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