It felt like staggering across a finish line. I looked around and saw hundreds of thousands of shadows. The martyrs, the victims of the virus, of our callousness, so many of them Black and Brown. The tens of thousands of study volunteers who offered to go first. I was carried to the finish line by… Continue reading Our Shot
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Coronavirus for Dummies
No, I don’t think you’re dummies. In fact you’re probably the smart one. You probably didn’t waste over $200,000 on a medical degree. But you’re in luck! I did. There is a ton of information floating around about coronavirus. A lot of it is about necessary public health measures or the political response. Some of… Continue reading Coronavirus for Dummies
The Five Stages of my Personal Pandemic
Two weeks ago, I was talking all about how COVID-19 was just a bad version of the flu. We would all get it eventually, it would be fine, people should keep living their lives. I was wrong. I was in denial. Then, I moved on to anger. I was angry that my family decided to… Continue reading The Five Stages of my Personal Pandemic
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