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2023: The Year in Advance
five predictions
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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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The Vibe Shift
Right now - what we’re seeing is a vibe shift. A global realignment. Life on this planet is starting to mean something different. Every year since 2020…
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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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yeah, it's a new wave
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I have COVID, what do I do?
COVID mostly doesn’t kill people any more, but long COVID is a miserable beast. This is still a very serious virus. If the new wave of COVID splashes…
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yeah, it's a new wave
and not the good pop music kind
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I am never getting on a cruise ship again
AKA why industry regulation matters
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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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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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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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