“In this status quo, people are expected to ignore the threat of infection, pay through the nose if they get sick and face stigma and ridicule if they become disabled. Journalism can and should repudiate that bargain. We are not neutral actors…”
Must read opinion piece on Long Covid by Ed Yong
@luckytran it brought tears to my eyes at the end when he quotes Sean Thomas Dougherty: “Because right now, there is someone/out there with/a wound in the exact shape/of your words” It wasn’t his intention, but his experience as a journalist writing on #COVID so closely resembles the experience of being a #climatechange and #biodiversity #scientist.
