Who Weekly is a popular podcast that categorizes celebrities into “Whos” (less famous individuals) and “Thems” (universally recognized celebrities). This unique ranking system got me thinking about how the five senses could be ranked in a similar way. Initially, I believed that smell would be the most “Who” sense, but upon further consideration, touch emerged as the sense that people often overlook. Sight, on the other hand, is undeniably the most “Them” sense, given its importance and widespread recognition.
However, a recent study has called into question the findings of a well-known study from 2020 regarding infant survival rates and physician race. The original study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, claimed that Black infants had a significantly higher chance of survival when cared for by Black doctors compared to white doctors. The new analysis published in the same journal challenges these results, suggesting that the survival difference observed in the original study was largely due to infants’ extremely low birth weights. While physician race still appears to play a role in infant survival, the new analysis concludes that it is not statistically significant.
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