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These are both extraordinary and intense times; there is pain, loneliness, and disinformation, but there is also laughter, togetherness, and truth. The same might be said of clinical medicine and research. In their working lives, our readers have privileged insights into human experience and behaviour. Accustomed to playing their varied parts, BMJ readers navigate the joys, frustrations, and absurdities of health systems, senior clinicians, politicians, and other people who describe themselves as “leaders.”