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The Man Who Predicted Pandemic Inequality a Century Ago
Edgar Sydenstricker was born into a studious family. His sister Pearl S. Buck, author of the…
Continue ReadingThere Is Texas and Then There Are Texans, Like My Mom
Gov. Greg Abbott seems to think he’s running a state I don’t recognize — because it’s…
Continue ReadingLet’s Stop Punishing Doctors for Vaccinating People
A doctor in Texas is the latest to be charged for skipping the line to give…
Continue ReadingTrump’s Desperation is Starting to Look Like a Viral Karen Meltdown
Videos of unhinged rants are now the news. Every universally shared collective trauma — and what has…
Continue ReadingThanks to Covid-19, My Relationship With My Roommates Is in the Gutter
The pandemic has shown that when it comes to what really matters, my housemates and I…
Continue ReadingThe Dizzying Chaos of Calculating Your Covid Risk
In lieu of coherent public guidelines, most of us resort to incoherent private rules. Riding the New…
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We’ve Reached the Pandemic’s Point of No Return
Pleas for people to stay home are increasingly falling on deaf ears, but they may also…
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Mommy, Is Santa a Superspreader?
The pandemic holidays are here, and they are going to be very, very different this year. Around…
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How exactly does a Covid vaccine get distributed again?
I was doing a periodic panic rewatch of Contagion last night and was struck by the…
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I Work at a Restaurant in Florida Where Customers Think the Coronavirus Is a Hoax
I started working at a family-owned bar and restaurant in Palm Beach County, Florida, in the…
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