Nothing going on in the U.S. is surprising me at all because this ongoing pandemic has taught me people are willing to sacrifice those even those closest to them for a hamburger in a restaurant

fascinated by how people seem to put illness and disability into a separate category alongside work/ the economy/ education. It seems to be viewed as "one thing among many" in a list when in fact your health status wraps around everything. Health and ability is the paper the list is written on ffs.

Up to 5.8 million kids have long Covid now, according to a new study. One thing I think a lot of people don't grasp is the difference between getting Covid once and the cumulative impact of getting it over and over and over again.

I wrote about @npr.org ‘s decision to frame disabled people's ongoing exclusion from all public spaces as an annoyance to be navigated by individuals, rather than a massive civil rights violation to be challenged by the collective.

www.thegauntlet.news/p/disabled-p...

During the past week, nearly 36,000 Americans were hospitalized with COVID, the highest since January 2023. Over the last two weeks, there were 4,262 COVID deaths. This is the 18th week in a row with more than 1,000 new deaths in the US. The pandemic is not over.

Our actions today determine the trajectory of this pandemic. The pandemic demands collective action. Every precaution, especially masking up, contributes to the larger effort of suppressing the virus, preventing unnecessary sickness & debility.

For @tnr.bksky.social, I wrote about the Biden administration pretending the pandemic is over amid a surge in cases. But Covid-19 isn’t done with us—or our politics. newrepublic.com/article/1778...

Lurkers of the world, unite!!