David Stark published an article on the sociology of testing and the coronavirus pandemic
David Stark, “Testing and Being Tested in Pandemic Times.” Sociologica 2020, vol 14, no 1, pp. 67-94.
Testing and Being Tested in Pandemic Times
Two types of testing are proliferating during the coronavirus pandemic. The first type is testing – medical tests to diagnosis the virus as well as epidemiological models that project its course. In the second type, actors, organizations, and institutions are being tested in a moment of social and political crisis. This essay analyzes the similarities and differences between these two major types of tests in order to understand their entanglements in the crisis.