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2020-05-15

Wet Markets in Asia and Disinformation Worldwide

"Wet markets have been demonized as the site where the novel coronavirus was introduced. What is a wet market? What role does it play in Asian culture? All are questions that have not been answered." This article describes wet markets in Asia and the impact of the pandemic on these markets and was written by a senior journalism student following a beat developed and thought about in terms of the "local" in a journalism course at Pratt Institute that was upended by the pandemic.