The Importance of Knowing in the Age of COVID-19

Kait O'Brien
7 min readMar 28, 2020

Why You Should Be Thinking About Epistemology in the Age of Coronavirus

Pills, a mask, and a thermometer on top of a map.
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Recently, I donated the N95 masks that I use for occupational hazards when creating art and objects to the COVID-19 response efforts. I work with melted wax, heavy metal pigments, and wood dust, among other hazards. All of these, in a high enough dose, in specific aerosolized situations, can cause acute or…

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Kait O'Brien

Kait is a writer, artist, and explorer of ideas based out of Albuquerque, NM. She holds a BA in Psychology from City College in New York.