bhalomanush

@AnirbanM
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I am the sum of every book I read, every river I swam in, and every train I waved at.
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Show threadbhalomanush1d ago
@SRDas they got so much grief for doing their jobs and even shot at by a gunman at work
bhalomanush1d ago

I stood in front of this exhibit at the CDC Museum in Atlanta.

It feels surreal to see COVID-19 as museum history when the memory is still so raw.

I’ve followed emerging infectious diseases my whole life, from HIV/AIDS to hantavirus to SARS to Ebola, and the last panel always hits different when you lived through it.

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@santoshhari hehe no thanks 😆
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@bomkatt fortunately they are mostly waning now
bhalomanush2d ago

The most deadly animal in human history is the mosquito though thankfully none are six feet tall like this one at the CDC.

I got to spend a day with the extraordinary people behind the agency: virus hunters, infectious disease doctors, research scientists, and global health policy experts.

Show threadbhalomanush2d ago
@BritishKoalaTea it’s worse for those going to domestic I think
Show threadbhalomanush3d ago
@santoshhari you can but not if they’re a certain kind of people
bhalomanush3d ago
I’m in Atlanta today and I’m not looking forward to this. If any third world country had airports with 4-5 hour lines for the security screening, there would be travel advisories not to travel to that country.
Show threadbhalomanush4d ago
Enjoyable movie though probably 30 minutes too long. Parts of the middle and end could’ve been edited. Loved watching it with the 14 year old. Ryan Gosling is awesome in this. Comparisons to Interstellar and the Martian are inevitable.
bhalomanush5d ago
All right. Let’s do this. Project Hail Mary time.