Every time I see the term “social distancing” my mind hears “duram” (தூரம்) the Tamil word for “distance.”[1] It was used as an interdiction for the distance savarna women in my grandmother’s time were supposed to keep from the rest… Continue Reading
By Kirsten Ostherr “No more germy waiting rooms.” That’s the pitch from telehealth companies as we face the unknowns of Covid-19. We haven’t yet figured out how to stop the spread of SAR-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease, but telehealth services are… Continue Reading
Films from the World Health Organization, the U.S. Public Health Service and others have foisted dangerous ideas on viewers in the name of education Kirsten Ostherr is a media scholar and digital health technology researcher at Rice University “Epidemics… Continue Reading