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2023: The Year in Advance
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COVID is the opposite of hustle culture
always on the grind + COVID = (more) disaster
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Welcome to Last Mask Standing
Last mask standing. It’s personal, it’s professional, it kind of hurts to write. This is a newsletter for the one person in the room still wearing a…
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Masks I've Bought and Liked
A semi-comprehensive list
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Long COVID as a mass disabling event
Lately I am seeing references to long COVID as a mass disabling event. It’s been described in those terms since midway last year, but the usage is…
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On what it means to live in fear
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I'm worried about bird flu
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Is it rude to talk about long COVID?
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Paxlovid, TED, and recency bias
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The two COVID pandemics
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Paxlovid, TED, and recency bias
I'm at TED 2023 in Vancouver as I write this. I’m feeling incredulous. Even with everything I already knew and believed and had seen, it's honestly…
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Living in a Pandemic World
If you’ve seen my TED talk, or you read this newsletter, you know that I’m quite certain that COVID isn’t our last pandemic. We’re making global choices…
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ChatGPT explains Marburg Virus
I asked ChatGPT to write an explainer about Marburg Virus in the style of Alanna Shaikh. It was a little traumatic to read, but the information …
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I'm worried about bird flu
No one in global health expected the COVID-19 pandemic. We expected a massive pandemic. Everyone knew that was coming. But we didn’t expect a…
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Avian Influenza
This is not a COVID essay, not directly. It’s an avian influenza essay. I have been watching the bird flu news with a lot of concern. Here are some…
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On being surrounded by death
Lately I feel surrounded by death. I know that that's some pretty dramatic language, but it's really how I feel. I haven't lost anyone close to me. But…
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What I worry about now
I'm in Cairo right now, on a work trip. I flew here from my home in Sri Lanka. The flights were Colombo, Dubai, Cairo, and then I'll do that in reverse…
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Last Mask Standing
Last Mask Standing
A newsletter for everyone who still cares about COVID and needs to know they're not alone.
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