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We ignored AIDS. Let’s not repeat the mistake on long COVID | Editorial

Published March 10, 2024

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Published by: Star-Ledger
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By Star-Ledger Editorial Board

In the earliest days of the AIDS crisis, America ignored the problem, even though people were dropping dead by the thousands.

We’re repeating the mistake now with long COVID. Millions are suffering, but the government has largely turned its back, as new cases emerge with each passing wave.

So people are coming from all over the country this week to Washington D.C., in the footsteps of AIDS activists, to protest at the Lincoln Memorial on March 15th. They’re desperate for their stories to be heard.

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Welcome to the “You Do You” Pandemic

Published September 1, 2023

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Published by: The Nation
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By Gregg Gonsalves

“While too many people who should know better are downplaying the ongoing public health risk from Covid, others are trying to signal the peril of our current moment. The New York Times recently reported on new estimates from researchers that Covid might lead to at least 45,000 deaths between September and April—and that’s the best-case scenario.”

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Opinion: Study shows ‘long COVID’ likely to cause mass misery if treatments can’t be developed

Published August 24, 2023

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Published by: The San Diego Union-Tribune
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By The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board

Given that 103 million Americans and 770 million people worldwide have been diagnosed as having contracted COVID-19, a future of misery could await a stunningly large cross-section of humanity.

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Public health reset urgently required

Published August 18, 2023

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Published by: Kingston Whig Standard
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By Geoffrey P. Johnston

“A hard public health reset is urgently required in Canada to protect the vulnerable and prevent the healthcare system from being overwhelmed by long COVID patients. Policymakers should immediately implement a pandemic action plan to save lives in the coming weeks and months.”

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The World of Health Privilege: Why The Rich Can Finally “Ignore” Covid (and You)

Published August 5, 2023

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Published by: OK Doomer
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By Jessica Wildfire

“It’s not public health to go around pretending everyone has access to the same protections and treatments, when they’re reserved for the rich. It’s not public health to tell anyone they can ignore a virus that disables 20 percent of those infected.”

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Opinion: Treating kids as invulnerable is treating them as disposable

Published February 14, 2023

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Published by: Calgary Herald
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By Blake Murdoch

Are we OK with children being hospitalized for infectious diseases at far higher rates, as they have recently been? Are we fine with COVID being the No. 1 cause of infectious disease-driven death in children? Also, what if there is a number of reinfections at which average outcomes really start to worsen?

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COVID-19 et climat : Contrer les mécanismes du déni par un vaccin démocratique

Published August 22, 2020

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Published by: L’actualité
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By Karel Mayrand

Whether it’s about COVID or the climate, conspiracy theories are the sign of a deep evil: the weakening of democracy.

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