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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 mask. The person who knows we’ll see a next wave and their vaccine protection is likely to wane. The parents of the only masked…
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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 coronavirus. We expected influenza.
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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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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 the…
I’m going to do better at keeping my mask on. I have no problem masking in public indoor spaces. Private spaces, though, are hard. Large work meetings…
Immunity debt is a new phrase based on an old idea. When your immune system comes into contact with a antigen - bacteria, virus, whatever - it produces…
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My kids’ school went mask-optional two weeks ago. I have feelings about this. I asked both my kids to keep wearing their masks, and so far they both…
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if you test positive, get Paxlovid
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So, Thanksgiving. In which we commemorate historical lies unironically by spending unmasked time seated close together indoors. Usually with the people…
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Last Mask Standing

A newsletter for everyone who still cares about COVID and needs to know they're not alone.
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