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I often criticize the mainstream media. But it is significant and impressive that The Washington Post just did a major front-page story titled âLong Covid could change how we think about disability.â It makes a strong case that the millions of Americans suffering from long COVID have a legitimate physical disability. In a real sense, the COVID pandemic has morphed into long COVID. And the victims need the help that can be obtained by being classified as having a physical disability. For millions, long COVID is waiting just around the corner.
Here are some important excerpts from the article:
âThe coronavirus pandemic has created a mass-disabling event that experts liken to HIV, polio or World War II, with millions suffering the long-term effects of infection with the coronavirus. Many have found their lives dramatically changed and are grappling with what it means to be disabled.â
âAs many as 61 million, or one in four, adults live with some form of disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those numbers are being bolstered by between 7 and 23 million long haulers â including a million who can no longer work â according to recent government estimates. Think tanks and others anticipate the numbers will rise as the coronavirus settles in among us as an endemic disease.â…
