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I was ultracareful for 18 months. Then I got COVID.
Alexis C. Madrigal
Alexis Madrigal is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the host of KQED’s Forum. He is the author of Powering the Dream and the forthcoming The Pacific Circuit. He created the podcast Containers and the television show Real Future. He previously worked at Wired, at Univision, and in various editorial roles at The Atlantic.
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