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Getting Lucky in Thailand: Or How to Coexist with Coronaviruses in Multispecies Contact Zones
Eben Kirksey, Areeya Tivasuradej, Blake Palmer, Myint Than, Anne Atchara Changwong, Pietro Lo Casto, and Maya Kóvskaya
It would be easy to react with disgust to this scene. Here we were, in a place that smelled like a dank alleyway in New York, where people were apparently exposing themselves to viruses that had the potential to spawn a new pandemic. Lingering in this multispecies contact zone, we contemplated the ongoing exchanges of viruses between people and other species, while thinking with care about the religious significance of the prayers.
e-flux Journal
Posted: October 5, 2022
Subjects
Health & Disease, Biology, Covid-19, Southeast Asia