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Infectious Disease Medicine Is Structured Gossip
- Infectious disease specialists act like professional gossip collectors who ask every question to find hidden causes.
- Laurel Bristow describes consults as deep history hunts: travel, sexual contacts, social habits and small details can point to diagnoses like malaria.
Contact Tracing Teens Via Social Media
- Laurel used social media like Snapchat to contact and contact-trace high school TB exposure, adding kids to see who they were tagged with.
- She describes mapping teen crushes and contacts by checking tags and reposts to find potential transmission chains.
Families Recycle One Old Grievance
- Family grudges often revolve around one old perceived slight that repeats across generations.
- Kelsey and Laurel note families recycle the same fights (e.g., who got special treats) as generational narratives.