Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

public health

  • We are misusing our perspective. Looking at the individual behavior of a variant hides the impact on the wider public.

  • I’m frustrated by the pressure to pretend the pandemic is over. As if we are done. There is still much more to do.

  • None of us likes wearing masks. We wear them for utility. Their primary function is to protect us and those around us. They also have other functions. And one of those functions is that it sends a signal. Yes, it signals a way of seeing the world. But that view isn’t generally based in partisanship…