D Muthulingam
dmuthu.bsky.social
D Muthulingam
@dmuthu.bsky.social
Writer, infection doctor, St.Louis (HIV/STI). Essays on science, med, tech, culture, care work & post-empire. Eelam Tamil diaspora. Once & maybe future med academic. Sex, drugs, microbes. Writing book re: post-imperial science https://www.dmuthulingam.com
Medical research infrastructure and politics were already showing its profound fissures and internal contradiction under the crisis of the COVID pandemic, that it was not up to the task. I think we need to study this political and historical context to figure out how to salvage and rebuild it
March 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's for real paralyzing! definitely for us novices, but sounds like maybe disorienting for everyone. thinking a lot about how we are building out, amplifying and strengthening the structures, outlets and people who are not complicit
March 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is infuriating, im so sorry
March 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM