[Comment] The smallest faith

Elevators are the circulatory systems of hospitals. Like corpuscles, we are carried where we need to go. But for me, like many other patients who are immunocompromised, entering a hospital elevator is an act of microscopic faith. In these crowded spaces, we share proximity with strangers and, in doing so, potential pathogens. Moments of such imprecision are part of the daily minutiae for people who are immunocompromised. We take stock and calculate a risk–benefit analysis. Is anyone coughing? Should I wait for the next elevator? Elevators are not inherently high risk but serve to show how many of us perceive the world—with uncertainty.