Clockwise from top left: Vaccine Infodemiologist Jessica Malaty-Rivers holds a vaccination card over her face with her eyes wide open; the back cover of the book “Until Proven Safe”; Dr. Mike Natter wearing scrubs and glasses flexing his vaccine-site muscle and clearly smiling under his medical mask; the Ologies logo; Thanatologist Cole Imperi wearing a white ruffled shirt and glasses, her green hair in a curled mohawk, smiling and being clutched in a hug by Alie; the front cover of the book “Until Proven Safe,” written by Nicola Twilley and Geoff Manaugh.

Lifted restrictions! Discarded masks! Vaxxing & relaxing! Parties. Variant confusion. FOMO while also dreading events. Worry about strangers. Grief for a cancelled year. WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE? We’ve got you covered. As infection rates go down and restrictions lift in the U.S., you may feel: relieved, overjoyed, nude without a mask, guilty about surviving, conflicted about gatherings, or mourning a loss. We gathered a small army of experts to chat about historical quarantines and recovery periods, vaccine rates, economic projections, the mental state of healthcare workers and the grief that can follow an historical event. Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley (of Gastropod) join to chat about researching their stellar new book “Until Proven Safe,” Jessica Malaty-Rivera updates us on vaccine rates and variants, Dr. Mike Natter checks in from New York and thanatologist Cole Imperi gives step-by-step instructions for taking care of your brain during transitions and “shadowlosses.” I hope this episode serves you well; I just really needed to make it.

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Transcript

Pre-order Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley’s book Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine; more info at untilprovensafe.com

Follow Nicola and Geoff on Twitter

Follow Cole Imperi on Instagram at @Imperi and @americanthanatologist

Thanatology episode with Cole Imperi

Follow Jessica Malaty-Rivera on Instagram and twitter

Vaccine Infodemiology episode with Jessica Malaty-Rivera

Follow Dr. Mike Natter on Instagram

Diabetology episode with Dr. Mike Natter

Donations were made to: #IndiaAgainstCoronaVirus, 500 Women Scientists, and The School of American Thanatology

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