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Where Did Macy Go? consists of a series reports of Macy’s encounter with the epidemic, life during the quarantine, his death and revival. The work discusses the collapse of old community structures, the emergence of a new community after decollectivization, as well as the new tele-republic of home, “mask politics” and social justice under the pandemic. The work is a response to this era of volatility, complexity and confusion.

This chapter is inspired by Spanish philosopher Paul Preciado’s notion on the links between the political notion of community and the biomedical notion of immunity. The two term share a common root, the Latin munus, the duty someone must pay to be a part of the community. Immunity is a privilege that released someone from the obligations shared by all. He who had been exempted was immunized. He who had been de-munized, had been stripped of all community privileges after having been deemed a threat to the community.