Issue #2 When Infection Doesn't End On persistence and what gets lost when infection is treated as an event Welcome to Field Notes . Each week, I take one idea from the episode—something that feels like a hinge point—and follow it where it leads. Not to repeat the science, but to see what it reveals. If you want the full story, you can read or listen to the episode here . In the Margins Most of the time, we treat infection like something that declares itself and then resolves