Jeff Krasno
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And they would really benefit from, you know, having something that was rigorously researched every week, but just also like just little buoys of hope, you know, to navigate the choppy waters of COVID. So naively, I agreed to do this. And it was a pretty big email list at that juncture, probably about 1.2 million people. And I was writing an article every Sunday.
And they would really benefit from, you know, having something that was rigorously researched every week, but just also like just little buoys of hope, you know, to navigate the choppy waters of COVID. So naively, I agreed to do this. And it was a pretty big email list at that juncture, probably about 1.2 million people. And I was writing an article every Sunday.
And so, but pretty significant article, like 1500, 2000 words, something like that. So- And then like three or four weeks and I was like, I'm over a literary barrel. You know, I've got to produce all that content every week. And fortunately for me, but somewhat, unfortunately for, I guess the rest of the world, you know, 2020 provided tons of fodder to talk about, right. And to write about.
And so, but pretty significant article, like 1500, 2000 words, something like that. So- And then like three or four weeks and I was like, I'm over a literary barrel. You know, I've got to produce all that content every week. And fortunately for me, but somewhat, unfortunately for, I guess the rest of the world, you know, 2020 provided tons of fodder to talk about, right. And to write about.
And so, but pretty significant article, like 1500, 2000 words, something like that. So- And then like three or four weeks and I was like, I'm over a literary barrel. You know, I've got to produce all that content every week. And fortunately for me, but somewhat, unfortunately for, I guess the rest of the world, you know, 2020 provided tons of fodder to talk about, right. And to write about.
So I was writing about the most thorny issues, you know, COVID obviously, but also the You know, the reckoning around racial justice in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder and then the election and QAnon and Trumpistan and everything else in between. I was including my personal email on these missives that I would send out every Sunday.
So I was writing about the most thorny issues, you know, COVID obviously, but also the You know, the reckoning around racial justice in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder and then the election and QAnon and Trumpistan and everything else in between. I was including my personal email on these missives that I would send out every Sunday.
So I was writing about the most thorny issues, you know, COVID obviously, but also the You know, the reckoning around racial justice in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder and then the election and QAnon and Trumpistan and everything else in between. I was including my personal email on these missives that I would send out every Sunday.
And Monday morning I would wake up and there would be this like deluge of opprobrium cresting the bow of my inbox. And it wasn't just recrimination. I mean, there was a lot of emails that were just very encouraging and very thankful and very grateful. But I'd probably get a hundred a week of people that just had some problem with me.
And Monday morning I would wake up and there would be this like deluge of opprobrium cresting the bow of my inbox. And it wasn't just recrimination. I mean, there was a lot of emails that were just very encouraging and very thankful and very grateful. But I'd probably get a hundred a week of people that just had some problem with me.
And Monday morning I would wake up and there would be this like deluge of opprobrium cresting the bow of my inbox. And it wasn't just recrimination. I mean, there was a lot of emails that were just very encouraging and very thankful and very grateful. But I'd probably get a hundred a week of people that just had some problem with me.
That over 2000 words or some turn of phrase or some concept would have like insulted them so deeply that they felt the need to reach out and let me know. And they definitely did not hesitate to let me know. And most of these emails were just like full of expletives and there was nothing I could really do about it. But there was often like very thoughtful ones, you know?
That over 2000 words or some turn of phrase or some concept would have like insulted them so deeply that they felt the need to reach out and let me know. And they definitely did not hesitate to let me know. And most of these emails were just like full of expletives and there was nothing I could really do about it. But there was often like very thoughtful ones, you know?
That over 2000 words or some turn of phrase or some concept would have like insulted them so deeply that they felt the need to reach out and let me know. And they definitely did not hesitate to let me know. And most of these emails were just like full of expletives and there was nothing I could really do about it. But there was often like very thoughtful ones, you know?
And I just kind of ground this in like in a very specific example. So like in 2020, like in August, there seemed to be enough data surfacing that, you know, the people that were contracting the disease most severely, you know, ending in hospitalizations or sometimes fatality. tended to be people that had multiple comorbidities or obesity and diabetes prevalence.
And I just kind of ground this in like in a very specific example. So like in 2020, like in August, there seemed to be enough data surfacing that, you know, the people that were contracting the disease most severely, you know, ending in hospitalizations or sometimes fatality. tended to be people that had multiple comorbidities or obesity and diabetes prevalence.
And I just kind of ground this in like in a very specific example. So like in 2020, like in August, there seemed to be enough data surfacing that, you know, the people that were contracting the disease most severely, you know, ending in hospitalizations or sometimes fatality. tended to be people that had multiple comorbidities or obesity and diabetes prevalence.
And obviously that's turned out to be very, very true in retrospect. But even at that time, pretty early on, there seemed to be indication of that. And I was just trying to write a thoughtful essay about where we were. And so I was doing the best research that I could. And I wrote this essay and
And obviously that's turned out to be very, very true in retrospect. But even at that time, pretty early on, there seemed to be indication of that. And I was just trying to write a thoughtful essay about where we were. And so I was doing the best research that I could. And I wrote this essay and
And obviously that's turned out to be very, very true in retrospect. But even at that time, pretty early on, there seemed to be indication of that. And I was just trying to write a thoughtful essay about where we were. And so I was doing the best research that I could. And I wrote this essay and