It’s just as unreasonable to think that a piece of paper gauze will stop you from getting sick as it is to think that a plaster mask stuffed with herbs will. But that’s the problem with how we remember major infectious disease events of the past – we remember that people died, but we don’t think a lot about how we might be repeating their mistakes.
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When a disease goes pandemic, we need to fight more than just the spread
When a pandemic worms its way into our collective consciousness, fighting the disease is no longer just about fighting the virus, but also about fighting the social anxieties that surround it.
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RiME and postpartum depression
A while back I wrote about playing emotional video games. This week it turned out I was playing one that I was not prepared for.
Guilt and Shame
Insert joke about Jewish mothers here. Read More
The Boredom/Anxiety Cycle
When your body says: “Why not have both?” Read More
