Disabled people who are still shielding from Covid have far less trust in the government than the general public and are far more likely to believe it handled the pandemic very badly, a survey has …
Couldn’t agree more. And the government/media outlets all seem to treat covid like a forbidden word. You’ll see all sorts of stuff about how people are sick all the time and hospitals are filling up, but all the focus will be on RSV and flu with maybe one mention of covid (ignoring the fact that we KNOW covid weakens the immune system, so it’s contributing to the other two being worse than pre-2020). You’ll see it in articles talking about flu and RSV vaccinations as well. Covid is a forbidden word and only allowed to be said as an afterthought.
I’m disabled and this article I posted hit home in some real unfortunate ways.
Couldn’t agree more. And the government/media outlets all seem to treat covid like a forbidden word. You’ll see all sorts of stuff about how people are sick all the time and hospitals are filling up, but all the focus will be on RSV and flu with maybe one mention of covid (ignoring the fact that we KNOW covid weakens the immune system, so it’s contributing to the other two being worse than pre-2020). You’ll see it in articles talking about flu and RSV vaccinations as well. Covid is a forbidden word and only allowed to be said as an afterthought.
I’m disabled and this article I posted hit home in some real unfortunate ways.