My Apartment-mate Has COVID-19, I’m Sick of Algorithms, and I Want To Go To Bed

Ah, the breaking point

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Here we go again. Quarantine! The third in as many months.

The first one was my fault. After eight weeks of long workdays in my room as COVID-19 raged on my college campus, I (hesitantly) ventured out. I went out to dinner with a group. It had to be safe, I thought — we were outside…