1/ This is one of the best pieces you will read to put Trump's #covid19 infection into context.
As a physician, so much of what @edyong209 writes here resonates deeply, particularly that the language we use to describe disease is very problematic.
theatlantic.com/health/archive…
As a physician, so much of what @edyong209 writes here resonates deeply, particularly that the language we use to describe disease is very problematic.
theatlantic.com/health/archive…
2/ "This connection between physicality and righteousness created, as its dark corollary, a link between disability and moral failing."
This is one of my favorite quotes from the piece; and it gets right at the heart of a false dichotomy that frames illness as weakness.
This is one of my favorite quotes from the piece; and it gets right at the heart of a false dichotomy that frames illness as weakness.
3/
I could go on and on-- I won't.
Read the piece.
And get your subscription to @TheAtlantic -- just $25 for the entire year for students and academics/educators.
Really strong work @edyong209
I could go on and on-- I won't.
Read the piece.
And get your subscription to @TheAtlantic -- just $25 for the entire year for students and academics/educators.
Really strong work @edyong209
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