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How has the coronavirus pandemic affected how you feel about yourself, others, or the world?

<strong> As a researcher</strong> who is interested in how people understand health risks and make decisions about their own behavior,<strong> I'm fascinated by the parallels between Covid and the AIDS epidemic,</strong> particularly the stigma and the denialism. <strong> An acquaintance is a professional runner and Olympic hopeful who wrote an op-ed</strong> for Runner's World magazine<strong> about why she hasn't raced during the pandemic.</strong> She holds a master of public health degree and has felt that racing is too risky. <strong> A number of the comments</strong> on her article<strong> called her "paranoid" and "self-righteous,"</strong> and these commenters felt she was giving into fear and propaganda. I remain extremely angry at the lack of presidential leadership that has sowed misinformation and distrust of scientists from the start of the pandemic.<strong> How many more thousands must die because of ignorance?</strong>