The Twin Pandemics: COVID and Racism
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The Twin Pandemics: COVID and Racism
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In this seminar, we’ll explore two public health challenges facing America: the COVID-19 pandemic and racial injustice. Topics will include the changing nature of scientific and medical language, the social construction of the concept of race, responses to COVID-19 and the intersection of race and public health. Students will conduct analyses of health-related texts’ effectiveness in communicating with a specific audience and compose health-related texts appropriate for a general audience.
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Harrisonburg, VA
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The Twin Pandemics: COVID and Racism