Blog posts – Equal Access in Science & Medicine

When I Talk About the Pandemic, I am Ghosted

Originally posted on Sun Requiem:
I’ve been posting about the dangers of long covid, and the fact that the pandemic continues to disable and kill thousands of people each day. People get awkward about it. They leave me on read, they stop engaging, and I feel like I am speaking to the void. I know…

An interview with Dr. González Fernández, MD, PhD, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

The following is a transcription of an interview between Lisa Young of Equal Access in Science and Medicine and Dr. Marlís González Fernández of Johns Hopkins Medicine LY: You joined the [Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation] Department as a faculty member in 2004 and have been here for 18 years. Why did you choose Johns HopkinsContinue reading “An interview with Dr. González Fernández, MD, PhD, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine”

Using The Matrix to explain my chronic pain

“What is real? How do you define real? If you’re talking about what you feel, taste, smell, or see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.” -Morpheus, The Matrix In rewatching the original Matrix trilogy in preparation for the new movie, I was struck by the allegory the first movie made forContinue reading “Using The Matrix to explain my chronic pain”