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I don't know about you, but all of a sudden, I seem to know a number

of people with COVID in a way that hasn't happened in a while. Whether it's colleagues or friends

or even Instagram acquaintances posting pictures of those two telltale lines on an antigen

test, it made me want to call up Catherine Wu, a science writer at the Atlantic to figure

out what's going on. She recently wrote a story asking whether we're in for one more

COVID summer. And I wondered if she knew people with COVID now too. So I am hearing all

of the sort of hearsay epidemiology that you're talking about, but I for some reason, like

either don't have enough friends, I don't know what, but for some reason, my bubble is

so far okay. I used to be someone who like woke up in the morning and checked case counts

either through my local health department or, you know, in the newspaper or on a website

or not. I don't have that to check anymore. I feel like right now I'm sort of going off

of vibes. How are the vibes?

You know, it really depends on who you ask, which I think is so interesting about this

particular moment. You know, I agree with you. I definitely don't check the official counts

as often as I used to and I'm largely relying on, I guess, what my like semi private whisper

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