It’s a story about the human capacity for cruelty, but also for sacrifice and compassion. And I heard her say to her colleague, “He said-get this-he said ‘ in a perfect world’ he’d pick it up today.”Īnyway, in the end I was able to pick up the prescription the following afternoon, and when I did so, the woman behind the counter pointed at me and said, “It’s the perfect world guy.”Īnd so here I am, the perfect world guy, back to regale you with a tale of the Anthropocene, the best of all possible geologic ages in this, the best of all possible worlds. She asked when I needed to pick up the medication, and I answered, “Well, I guess in a perfect world, I’d pick it up this afternoon.”Īnd there was a pause on the other end of the line, before finally, stifling a laugh, the woman said, “Well, hon, this ain’t a perfect world.” And then she put me on hold while talking to the pharmacist, except she didn’t really put me on hold she just put the phone down. When I explained the situation, she told me that everything would be fine, but they did need to call my doctors’ office before refilling the prescription.

So then I called a different pharmacy, and a very sympathetic woman answered. So anyway, I called my pharmacy only to learn that my pharmacy had closed. Mirtazapine is a tetracyclic antidepressant medication that is also used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, and in my case, it is pretty mission critical. The other day, in the midst of a global disease pandemic, I called my pharmacy to refill my Mirtazapine prescription. I’m John Green and today, I’ll be reviewing historical outbreaks of bubonic and pneumonic plague, because, you know, I want to keep it light and fun around here.

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The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green