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I know the world faces a lot of weighty issues right now. Some of you may be on college campuses with recent or ongoing police activity, cancelled or disrupted commencement events and other types of disturbances to what is usually a celebratory season. And all of that stems from events in Israel and Palestine, where staggering numbers of lives have been lost and many more irreversibly altered. I might wish science could offer answers to the uncertainty, but clashes of values are not readily adjudicated by its methods. There’s also the looming concerns about the spreading H5N1 influenza virus. There, science can at least tell us some things about the virus, but not whether or when it will evolve the ability to spread readily to and between humans and if that will mitigate its virulence. For most of us, avoiding unpasteurized dairy products is the primary concrete step we can take; if you work with cattle or chickens, additional precautions are warranted. So rather than dwell further on those topics, I thought we could use a story about healing.
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