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The rapidity of technological change underpins the centrality of genomes in framing COVID-19 problems and proposals for remedies. We counter such framings through a critical perspective that seeks to infuse more-than-human geographies into public health.

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biopolitics genomics more-than-human geography public health

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Genomic trans-biopolitics: Why more-than-human geography is critical amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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