@wesinjapan It helped that we lived in small, close-knit communities in both countries. We avoided lumbering impersonal bureaucracies and were able to establish relationships with a relatively small, stable set of administrators on both sides.
a very important lesson i learned, especially in academia, is that there’s a big difference between people who are your friends and people who are friendly to you, and that you should never confuse the two.
I’ve been gratified hearing from many people who have said that they’ve followed my lead in deciding what they'll do, and not do, in various stages of the pandemic.
It’s a particularly confusing time now, so today’s 🧵 is a summary of the choices I'm making these days. (1/25)
I am an immunologist who teaches about #COVID19 immunology at @SchulichMedDent , generally healthy with no co-morbidities and had 3 mRNA vaccines. Got #Omicron and still ended up in the hospital. Here is my COVID anecdote.
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