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"The Sociological Production of the End of the Pandemic" (05/11/23)

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The Decline of Permanence in the Age of COVID

When we were starting to see the first plans released around April and May of quote unquote reopening strata, right? You only see thresholds for moving forward really. But even just like, you know, by July by by September, when you start to really hear the school reopening debate hit a fever pitch, you stop seeing people acknowledge that we need a plan for what happens if we're back in COVID. The primary social reproductive responsibility of all these lawmakers has been to create like, I guess, hope and and forward moving momentum not to actually focus on on dealing with this sort of extended protracted middle that's absolutely devoid of meaning.

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