ESSAY: How Discovery's DMA Reflects Our Struggle with COVID

“Mysterious as it is deadly, the DMA simply appears one day, and within hours wipes out an entire planetary system. Scientists scrambled to understand and stop it. Politicians and bureaucrats struggled to establish precautionary measures. Everywhere, ordinary people confront the vulnerability of their existence. Watching this from the comfort of my apartment, where I’ve spent most of the last two years  applying for remote work, baking bread, hanging out with friends on Discord voice chat, and taking COVID-19 rapid tests, this crisis was distinctly familiar.”

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