TeenVogue: 'COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life' by Alice Wong

References Angela Meriquez Vázquez who gave testimony at yesterday's Senate hearing —

Long COVID advocate Angela Meriquez Vázquez shared with me, “This wave is most alarming. I was recently reinfected by this new variant and the psychological toll of trying to keep ourselves safe with no institutional support, and, in fact, quite a bit of institutional propaganda that we are being hysterical, is an ongoing source of trauma. It feels like I’m screaming into the void.” Disabled and sick people have been gaslit about their lived experiences throughout history and the same is happening to this growing generation of people with long COVID.
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(Teen Vogue has been very much better than many media outlets during the pandemic. Eg 2022 article by Fiona Lowenstein.)
 
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