From the Editor in Chief
Mar 2020
Audiey C. Kao, MD, PhD
Racism against Asians and Asian Americans related to COVID-19 contagion fear is irrational, as threat of influenza is far more real. Exacerbated by abundant poor health information, viral xenophobia follows a history of de jure Asian exclusion.
AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E179-182. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2020.179.