JustME4d ago
Denis - The COVID info guy -

"Long COVID leaves thousands of L.A. County residents sick, broke and ignored"

“You’re not just becoming disabled,” said Elle Seibert, 31, who has dealt with debilitating fatigue and cardiac symptoms since 2020. “You’re realizing how easily society at large and people in your life will abandon you when you cannot offer them things.”

https://archive.md/z5oUp

Mar 16 at 3:47amWeb
Show threadCavyherd4d ago

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy

I don't know if anybody wonders why I'm so obsessive about masking, but this would be why....

Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘4d ago
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy You can also become an object of suspicion, especially in your workplace, as people imagine you're "not really that sick" and most likely "getting away with something." My boss accused me of defrauding my employer by not reporting days I'd taken off sick (I hadn't taken any).
Show threadClaire, The Ultimate Worrier4d ago
@anne_twain @DenisCOVIDinfoguy the abled basically have an image in their mind of what a "good" disabled person deserving of sympathy looks like but all the actual disabled people they meet are probably faking it as far as they're concerned
Show threadNetraven4d ago
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy I can only pretend to be a human being.
Show threadMees 🔻4d ago
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy it sucks. And it is part of the story of all disabled people. Intersectionality is important! Long covid is awful. But it is not different from becoming disabled. Because that's what's happening. And becoming disabled is a horrible experience.