Two Quick Links for Thursday Evening

The oldest "nearly complete" HIV genome was recently found in a tissue sample from 1966. "Based on genetic sequencing of samples of the virus, scientists think that HIV first found a foothold in humans in Central Africa sometime in the early 1900s." [livescience.com]

The Black Plague. "Public officials lament the way that the coronavirus is engulfing black communities. The question is, what are they prepared to do about it?" [newyorker.com]

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