According to Laarsen, how has race been connected to disease, historically speaking?

Please use the four links below to answer the questions and there is one pdf file attached as well that needs to be used: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2005032   https://theconversation.com/anti-asian-racism-during-coronavirus-how-the-language-of-disease-produces-hate-and-violence-134496   https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/28/eabc2717   https://qz.com/1845501/the-differences-in-how-democrats-and-republicans-discuss-covid-19/     Study Questions to answer: 1. According to Laarsen, how has race been connected to disease, historically speaking? Make sure to discuss your answer in reference to discrimination against Chinese peoples in the United States.   2. According to Rafi, how did the language we use to discuss the pandemic and its effects contribute to fear and anti-Chinese sentiment? Make sure to discuss specific examples.   3. According to Brandt, how do “perfect storm” metaphors downplay our ability to prevent and respond to pandemics?   4. According to Merrill, how do democrats and republicans discuss the pandemic differently? What terms do they use? What do you think are the political goals of using such terminology?   5. According to Green, et al., how did the cues and language used by politicians and elites reflect and contribute to polarization and a lack of political consensus on the coronavirus?   6. According to Waltner-Toews, why are the stories we choose to tell about diseases not scientific choices? How do these choices affect how we respond? Make sure to discuss at least one example.