@washingtonpost: Many deemed the CDC director’s comments on Good Morning America callous, prompting a hashtag, #mydisabledlifeisworthy
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Thursday 13 January 2022 21:38:03 GMT
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Hells_samaritan :
I understood the context. It doesn’t make it less ableist.
2022-01-13 21:57:14
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Paul Cappadona :
“Unwell to begin with” emotional damage
2022-01-13 21:42:32
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Franco :
i mean, i saw the context. she said what she said and it was ableist.
2022-01-13 22:32:51
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Anna :
The context just makes the ableism more obvious.
2022-01-13 22:00:26
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Mads :
You’re mocking a serious issue. Ableism in healthcare literally kills people.
2022-01-14 00:18:23
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Noelle at Hilltop :
It’s still ableist
2022-01-14 01:41:21
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The full clip shows CDC director Rochelle Walensky referencing a study of 1.2 million vaccinated that found only 0.003% died of covid. (1/3)
2022-01-13 21:38:36
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@Alina Gatrell told us we weren’t slapping each other enough and we took that personally
2022-01-13 21:47:00
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aljones18 :
As someone with a chronic disease this really hurt. And most people you know have at least one comorbidity!
2022-01-13 22:28:44
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Tessa :
.... this cannot actually be your response the CDC casually dropping eugenics, right?
2022-01-14 14:31:04
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M :
It was callous. Especially given that people don’t “choose” disability.
2022-01-14 02:51:41
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Inna Kanevsky, Ph. D. :
Still ableist. Still said what it said.
2022-01-14 09:55:44
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Lori :
If this were any other marginalized community, WaPo wouldn't be acting like it was just drama. Not a good look.
2022-01-14 03:57:09
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riverofpoetry :
Don’t more than half of US adults have a chronic condition? And nearly 30% of US adults have multiple? Even with context how is this good news?!
2022-01-13 22:07:25
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em :
The context doesn’t make it less ableist. Replace “4 comorbidities” with “children under 5” and see if you still feel the same way…
2022-01-14 20:02:56
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histoftech :
Yikes, this take is not it 😳
2022-01-14 12:27:11
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A tuxedo cat :
Wait, I’m still confused. What additional context does the CDC think we need? I heard her fine the first time?
2022-01-14 12:37:14
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Zoe Marie Hart :
Hoping bezos paid you a little extra for this one cos this is not it
2022-01-14 13:49:26
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violett_nerd :
Sounded like straight eugenics to me. They literally said that we don’t matter.
2022-01-13 21:53:01
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MillennialNewsNetwork :
CDC-uh so uh about the incredibly ableist thing we said, uh we didn’t say it (they did) it doesn’t matter the public is over reacting (they weren’t)
2022-01-14 01:10:07
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rj 🛸 :
wow i’m so glad i got context. them saying it’s encouraging most of the people dying are disabled is completely fine now 😐 /sarc
2022-01-14 14:42:49
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Lee 😖 🇺🇸 :
It’s not something to joke about 😒
2022-01-14 15:58:45
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danasaurbakes :
yeah the context doesn't make it any less ableist. part two of the telenovela should be her testifying the week that because they provided covid 1/2
2022-01-13 23:58:02
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