"Contagion may be a leading cause of death, but the worst thing it ever does is prompt us to recoil from one another—much the greater injury: to our health, to our communities, to whatever it is that stands in the way of this slouching beast." An excellent article. https://twitter.com/walrusmagazine/status/1246497871240654848">https://twitter.com/walrusmag...

And then on to this thread, on how disasters tend to bring out the best in people: https://twitter.com/dgardner/status/1243144205167362048?s=20">https://twitter.com/dgardner/...

And the longer article it spawned: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/03/opinion/were-not-contagion-disasters-like-coronavirus-bring-out-best-people/">https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/0...