‘We’re in one of the cataclysmic times of change’: first female NSF director on discrimination and COVID-19

‘We’re in one of the cataclysmic times of change’: first female NSF director on discrimination and COVID-19

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“It’s almost anti-human not to understand that we are a global society, and that the benefit of science — for example, vaccines — needs to be shared.”

Infectious-disease researcher Rita Colwell, the former director of the US National Science Foundation, says an international perspective is essential to fighting the coronavirus pandemic. (Nature | 5 min read)