Op-ed: What we’re watching closely as an unusual #ASH21 kicks off in Atlanta
Remember when medical meetings were live and in person?
Stepping off the plane from Austin into this year’s American Society of Hematology annual meeting in Atlanta, I can’t help but feel some of the excitement and sense of intellectual ferment we used to feel around the biggest conferences of the year — but it’s undeniable this year is different.
No longer restricted to a wonky Internet platform, #ASH21 has adopted a live-virtual hybrid model, and I embraced the chance to return to my first live meeting in roughly two years — vaxxed, boosted and masked, of course. It’s good to be back, but I, like the rest of the world, am still adjusting to the new normal.
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