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Wald Response: Of Microbes and Men

Neil wrote 3 months ago: While Wald provides a cohesive and convincing origin story for the outbreak narrative in Contagious, … more →

Tags: contagious, Outbreak narrative, the walking dead, Left 4 Dead

Bioethics and Nationality: A Romance

kievan09 wrote 10 months ago: Of course, certain cultural and historical values would affect the decisions and attitudes of their … more →

Tags: Ethics of science, Never Let Me Go, American, chromosome 6, eddie izzard, Never Let Me Go, The Human

“A Genuine Start-Over Skin”: The Erotics of World-Creation

kievan09 wrote 10 months ago: Killain C. Quigley draws parallels between the erotic and the contagious in his blog post, explainin … more →

Tags: Oryx and Crake, contagion, contagious, disease emergence, Epidemiology, erotics, Future, future of education, future of the university

Bioethics and Nationality: A Romance

Dan Fang wrote 1 year ago: In a hilarious skit by British transvestite stand-up comedian/actor Eddie Izzard, Eddie Izzard mocks … more →

Tags: Course Related, American, chromosome 6, eddie izzard, Never Let Me Go, The Human

"A Genuine Start-Over Skin": The Erotics of World-Creation1 comment

Killian C Quigley wrote 1 year ago: Priscilla Wald’s introduction to Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and The Outbreak Narrative (2008) p … more →

Tags: Course Related, Future, utopia, Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, Killian Quigley, Oedipal Complex, Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalysis

Wednesday Links3 comments

gerrycanavan wrote 1 year ago: * This new GOP plan to steal the presidency really is something else. Kudos. * Priscilla Wald on Con … more →

Tags: Look at what I found on the Internet, Politics, Science Fiction, Internet, poverty, Music, Health Care, Republicans, springsteen

More On the Weakest Link1 comment

Dwight Furrow wrote 4 years ago: I posted earlier in the week on how the threatening ”swine flu” pandemic makes evident the limits of … more →

Tags: Current Events, Dwight Furrow's Posts, ethics of care, Swine flu and the uninsured, Sick leave

A case of swine flu fatigue

Ray Argyle wrote 4 years ago: I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of hearing and reading about the threatened swine … more →

Tags: health, swine flu, Media overcoverage of flu, Vincent Lam, Joe Biden gaffe, h1n1


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