COVID-19, Disability and Ableism: Nine Months Deep
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The US reported 125,220 coronavirus patients in hospitals Wednesday, the most ever on a given day during the pandemic, according to The COVID Tracking Project. Death, destruction, polarization and a disregard for human life have become norms. Those who aim to live normal lives despite pandemic argue that there's no need to alter their behaviors because healthy people fight the virus, and that it's only old people and those with underlying conditions who struggle to do so. It’s an argument that undermines the lives of whole groups of people. Old people. Those with underlying conditions. People with disabilities.
COVID-19, Disability and Ableism: Nine Months Deep
COVID-19, Disability and Ableism: Nine Months…
COVID-19, Disability and Ableism: Nine Months Deep
The US reported 125,220 coronavirus patients in hospitals Wednesday, the most ever on a given day during the pandemic, according to The COVID Tracking Project. Death, destruction, polarization and a disregard for human life have become norms. Those who aim to live normal lives despite pandemic argue that there's no need to alter their behaviors because healthy people fight the virus, and that it's only old people and those with underlying conditions who struggle to do so. It’s an argument that undermines the lives of whole groups of people. Old people. Those with underlying conditions. People with disabilities.