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https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/03/27/the-covid-19-pandemic-has-left-millions-disabled-including-many-of-us-with-hiv-its-time-to-fight-for-disability-justice/>
"March marks four years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, changing
our lives forever. We know that COVID is here to stay. But that doesn’t mean we
have to accept business as usual. It’s time to acknowledge that the coronavirus
has not only been a mass death event— causing 3.4 million deaths and counting
across the globe— but also a mass disabling event.
Long COVID continues to destroy countless lives and livelihoods while elected
leaders pretend the pandemic has ended. A recent study found that nearly 1 in 4
American adults who get COVID-19 experience long COVID. Almost 1 out of 3
adults who suffer from long COVID say their symptoms have reduced their ability
to carry out daily activities. As of 2022, 16 million working-age Americans had
long COVID, with up to 4 million unable to work because of the illness. The
World Health Organization defines long COVID as the continuation or development
of new symptoms three months after the initial infection.
Advocates declared March 15 Long COVID Awareness Day to draw attention to this
unfolding crisis."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: March 28, 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-101221362
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
