How We Create--Then Blame--A Viral Underclass

Medicine and the Machine by Medscape Podcasts

Oct 13, 202230:08Science & Medicine

Stephen Thrasher discusses his new book, The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide. This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only. To read a full transcript of this episode...

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