coronavirus
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On masks and whether they ‘work.’
Masks can *delay* illness; only vaccination will prevent it..
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On trauma and the marshmallow test.
This year has left most of us feeling traumatized. Try to make space to take care of yourself.
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On vaccination.
How do the Covid-19 vaccines work, and why were they made this way?
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On cooperation and cons: Our theft from young people.
We demanded sacrifices from younger people to fight Covid-19, but we’re not making sacrifices to help them in return.
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On perspective and Zoom.
It’s easy for our experience of the world to blind us to others’ realities. Over Zoom, you see less suffering.
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On complexity and seemingly good ideas.
As we patch problems, we make the world more complex. And we might be making our problems worse.
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On magic.
No matter how well our culture hides it, everyone will die someday.
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On reinfection.
Yes, you can catch Covid-19 again.
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On predictions and a scientific response to calamity.
School closures lead to lost lives down the road. And school closures don’t help much against Covid-19. We should keep in-person schools open.
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On sending kids to school.
I worry when I send my kids to school. I worry that my kids might be hurt by guns, bullying, climate change. But not Covid-19.
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