Exactly six years ago this month I went into medical isolation because we knew t…

Exactly six years ago this month I went into medical isolation because we knew that Covid could trigger the always-fatal version of my rare immune condition. At the time I was hopeful, even certain, that a sterilizing vaccine (meaning it would stop you from getting Covid at all) would be developed within 5 years. Well, here it is, six years later, and no sterilizing vaccine, and I’m still medically isolating. One day in March of 2020 I was a person who was out dancing several times a week (ballet, ballroom, and to live music), with a vibrant social life, and the next day my life instantly contracted and became unimaginably smaller. But almost as instantly I pivoted. I started a Facebook group for others who had to medically isolate because of Covid. I created a website listing medical providers and other businesses who were “Covid safe” for those of us who are at high risk. I adapted to this new way of life. And so when 2025 hit, I knew what I had to do and I was, by pure serendipity, perfectly situated to do it; I had the knowledge, I had the know-how, and I had nowhere else to be. And that’s how Covid launched my efforts to explain the facts from the front of the battle to save the soul of our democracy, and to explain for people what is going on in the courts with all the lawsuits against this administration. I always say that the difference between coincidence and opportunity is what you do with it. And, oh yeah, to quote that most excellent movie, Robots, “See a need, fill a need.”


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