A tale of two pandemics : historical insights on persistent racial disparities / by Josh Neufeld.

"In a A Tale of Two Pandemics: Historical Insights on Persistent Racial Disparities, Josh Neufeld uses the form of comics journalism to highlight a recent research article [Historical Insights on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, and Racial Disparities: Illuminating a Path Forward] published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The comic draws on the research article itself, along with additional sources - including interviews with co-authors Lakshmi Krishnan, S. Michelle Ogunwole and Lisa A. Cooper. The three medical doctors are the main characters of the comic, which explains racial health disparities and the spread of misinformation during the coronavirus pandemic and the 1918 influenza pandemic. The doctors' speech-bubble quotes come directly from their interviews with Neufeld. The text in rectangular boxes comprises Neufeld's own narrative - except in cases when he uses quotation marks to denote a direct quotation. In cases where Neufeld quotes directly from the doctors' research article, he depicts the authors speaking in unison - akin to a Greek chorus. [...] The social media posts featured in the comic are quoted verbatim from actual posts, and many of the drawings are based on news photos - such as Associated Press photographer Bebeto Matthews' images of people waiting in line for face masks and food in New York last April." https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/public-health/pandemics-comic-racial-health-disparities/