As an occasional journalist, I just love the way Ed Yong closes his latest OpEd at NYTs & couldn’t agree more. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opinion/long-covid-reporting-lessons.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE0.aHg1.KLP-3qDCnjtp&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #GiftArticle #writing #journalism
“Journalists can act as a care-taking profession that soothes & nurtures. We are among the only professions that can do so at a scale commensurate with the scope of the crises before us. We can make people who feel invisible feel seen. We can make everyone else look.”
Yann 不停 Heurtaux
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Greengordon
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Great article, thanks for gifting! This is why I'm avoiding Covid like the plague. Who wants the rest of their shortened life to be like this?
"many, if not most, long-haulers experience postexertional malaise (P.E.M.), in which minor physical or mental exertion can trigger a loss of energy so profound that I’ve described it as the annihilation of possibility. An hourlong call could wreck someone for days."
#covid #CovidIsNotOver
@pineywoozle
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Ed Yong was one of the best reporters early on as the covid crisis was unfolding. Clear-headed, early-on thinking and consolidating many emerging observations from disparate sources.
He's still one of the greats.
Sheril Kirshenbaum
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