Thread by @Ninjazz636

#LongCovid has cost me everything — my health, my home, my career, proximity to everyone I know and my ability to rebuild what was destroyed. I’ve been without income for over a year. This virus has taken my life — without actually killing me.

2) Because SunLife wrongfully denied my long-term disability claim, I had to sell my new dream home to survive. My #LongCovid symptoms started only six months after moving in.

3) I say ‘wrongfully’ denied because I’m genuinely sick — I’m not faking it, lying about it or making it up. I’m not lazy, unwilling to work, hoping to retire early or attempting to commit insurance fraud. I am completely debilitated by #LongCovid and incapable of working.

4) After six months of living in my parents’ 300 sf studio with my husband and my cat, I had to buy a house without a mortgage. This forced me to move 350 km away from everyone I know — in the middle of nowhere, QC.

5) Consequently, I had to abandon my employment — in Ottawa’s hospital sector. Remaining employed there meant I had to keep paying SunLife’s disability premiums, despite having no income whatsoever.

6) This is what’s really at stake for every Canadian who contracts the virus. #LongCovid is like Russian roulette, but research now shows that up to half of the chambers are loaded.

7) Because politicians continue to wilfully ignore #LongCovid and the crisis of unimaginable proportions it is quickly becoming, you are purposely being kept in the dark, while everything you have ever built in your life is at risk.

8) Much love and a Merry Christmas to the amazing folks at @LongCovidCanada for their tireless #LongCovid advocacy efforts, in a @JustinTrudeau country where votes matter more than lives.

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