Layal Liverpool has a PhD in virology and immunology, and has worked as a reporter for New Scientist and Nature. In her new book Systemic: How Racism is Making Us Ill, she unearths the shocking facts about health threats to people of colour.
What was the impetus for the book?
The idea came about in 2021. A year earlier, Covid had hit and I had just moved from medical research to working as a science journalist. My editor asked the question, is the coronavirus racist?
