Masks, Healthcare & Society

It has been almost six months that COVID-19 has been with us here in the United States. Yet we are still debating many things about the virus. On this episode Allison talks to Dr. Elizabeth Culatta, a medical sociologist and assistant professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Augusta University, about the socioeconomic impact of the pandemic and societal norms behind Americans' attitudes towards wearing masks. She also talks about the healthcare disparities being brought to the forefront of the conversation due to the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. The Who's that Lady (from History)? is Fanny Brice. Resources: Visualizing the History of Pandemics 1918 Flu Pandemic America's Forgotten Pandemic Mask Wearing Rules in 1918 COVID-19: Voices Against Stigma and Discrimination CDC Employees on Toxic Work Environment Coronavirus and Black Americans Rate of Infection CDC Data on African American Infection Rates Masculinity and Wearing a Mask Mask Wearing in Public Jill McDevitt: Sexologist The Importance of Black Doctors Does Diversity Matter for Health? Trump Administration Strips the CDC of Control of Coronavirus Data