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I found a twist tie in my desk drawer the other day and I didn't know if I should laugh or cry. Why , you ask, would a twist tie trigger this reaction? Allow me to provide some context. In the beginning of the pandemic our screening process for entering work was to get a temperature check and receive our color-coded twist tie for the day to proudly display on our badge, showing we were safe and screened for COVID-19 with the best technology known at the time. Every day was a new twist tie, and hence we collected dozens (maybe hundreds) before technology evolved and vaccines ensured a new level of safety. The twist tie was symbolic on so many levels. It gave us permission to enter the sacred territory of front-line healthcare when many friends were working remotely from home. It was an emblem representing the family we belonged to for that moment in time when taking care of people with COVID was everything. It was frivolous (and ridiculous...