Ideas worth spreading

YOU ARE ALL DIFFERENT

Francisca Mutapi • TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh

COVID19 has reiterated the fact that there is no such thing as a representative human. Yet modern medicine insists on treating us as if we are all identical. In this talk Francisca discussed why this is dangerous for public health interventions and she proposed steps that are required to address this failing.

COVID19 has reiterated the fact that there is no such thing as a representative human. Yet modern medicine insists on treating us as if we are all identical. In this talk Francisca discussed why this is dangerous for public health interventions and she proposed steps that are required to address this failing.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh, an independent event.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh, an independent event.

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