20 min

David: The Origin of Love The Volume Knob

    • Personal Journals

Among the thousands of ways COVID 19 has altered our lives is the addition it has made to our collective vocabulary: spike protein; messenger RNA; pre-existing condition.

David has a pre-existing condition.

Whats more, in the months directly before the pandemic gripped the entire world, he started a treatment for his chronic disease which rendered his immune system significantly more susceptible to viral infection. When COVID hit, he and his husband went into hiding.

What happened next is a story about not only the pandemic, but the broader issues that have us as a society wondering so hard about the decisions our neighbours are making, and the impact those decisions might have on our collective future.

Among the thousands of ways COVID 19 has altered our lives is the addition it has made to our collective vocabulary: spike protein; messenger RNA; pre-existing condition.

David has a pre-existing condition.

Whats more, in the months directly before the pandemic gripped the entire world, he started a treatment for his chronic disease which rendered his immune system significantly more susceptible to viral infection. When COVID hit, he and his husband went into hiding.

What happened next is a story about not only the pandemic, but the broader issues that have us as a society wondering so hard about the decisions our neighbours are making, and the impact those decisions might have on our collective future.

20 min