![]() ![]() Severance, a novel written by Chinese-American writer Ling Ma, tells the tale of a fatal fungal infection called Shen Fever, and how it affects the life of a young woman who continues to go into work even after the majority of the world has been wiped out. No, I actually spookily began reading this prior to Covid-19, in a novel that was published two years ago. I didn’t just read this in the news, and it wasn’t a story based on my own life, though it did in fact foreshadow events that would end up happening to me over the course of 2020. In the midst of it all, a young millennial, feeling disillusioned with her career and the city around her, continued to go into the office even as people started to die around her, because someone still needed to go into the office to complete tasks like pick up the mail. ![]() Seemingly mild and innocuous at first, the infection worsened rapidly, eventually spreading across the world and exploding into a devastating pandemic. Back in November, I started reading about an infection that emerged on the other side of the globe. ![]()
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