Omicron: Don’t panic
Omicron is much more transmissible than any SARS-CoV-2 variant so far. But it could also, just possibly, be the beginnings of the long winding road to Covid becoming less deadly.
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Two years later and 17 million dead
By some estimates Covid has killed 17 million people in two years. What will happen in the next two years?
Read moreMonstrously good! [video]
A monster video for a monstrously good book! But if you want to make sure you get a delicious, illustrated hardcover, you should pre-order now, because pandemic supply-chain issues.
Read more2020: An unusual year
I considered titling this post 2020: The Fuckening. A lot sucked—but it was also a profoundly liberating year for my work.
Read moreLove and isolation: 31 years ago
I moved to the US to be with Kelley exactly 31 years ago. Life then felt weirdly similar to pandemic life today.
Read moreAdventures in homemade hair
Like everyone in Seattle I’ve been reduced to cutting my own hair. My hair needs are simple: cropped close and tidy enough to be able to shampoo, rub it dry with a towel, and leave the house. Except it turns out not to be so simple…
Read more2019-nCoV: the new coronavirus
I’ve been idly following along as the CDC reports on the Wuhan coronavirus, 2019-nCoV. Then my interest sharpened…
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Nicola Griffith 