𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗵𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗪𝗷 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁

“𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜’𝗺 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝘁.” – 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗵𝗴

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀. 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗽. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁, 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗲, 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘁. 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗵𝗴’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁, 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗵𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻-𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 “𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗞𝗥𝗔𝗦,” 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁. 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗵𝗴’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗺 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗛𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝗽, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱.

“𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹.”

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗥𝗻𝗕 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

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Harper Harrison

Harper Harrison is a reporter for The Hear UP. Harper got an internship at the NPR and worked as a reporter and producer. harper has also worked as a reporter for the Medium. Harper covers health and science for The Hear UP.