Long Covid Media Narratives (11/17/22)

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🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Beatrice, Artie, and Abby discuss the way long covid is portrayed in the media and the mainstream press, and the frequently used tropes that focus on long covid as a question of economic productivity and "spoiled identity." As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Get Health Communism here: tinyurl.com/healthcommunism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2

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0:00.0	A medical mystery that has perplexed researchers and doctors for the past two years, Long COVID.
0:06.6	Oh man, it sure has.
0:07.4	As many as 4 million people are likely out of work due to long COVID.
0:11.6	According to one study, Long COVID could cost the U.S. $3.7 trillion.
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1:11.5	underscore. So today, Artie, Abby, and I are going to be talking about long COVID, specifically
1:18.4	how long COVID is often minimized or stigmatized in the media. And to set the stage for that,
1:25.2	I think it's important to mention where we're at right now in the pandemic.
1:29.1	As we enter our third COVID winter, the pandemic has been almost entirely normalized.
1:34.5	White House coronavirus response coordinator Ashish Jha even said this week, quote,
1:39.6	We are now at a point where I believe if you're up to date on your vaccines, you have access to
1:44.8	treatments. There really should be no restrictions on people's activities. I'm pretty much
1:50.1	living life the way I was living in 2019. It's worth noting that he said this at a stat
1:56.4	summit in Boston. So this wasn't a stray comment to a reporter. This was a public statement at an
2:01.5	event. Meanwhile, the U.S. is still seeing 300 COVID deaths a day by the official count. So even if
2:07.8	daily deaths did not increase, that's still a rate of roughly 109,000 deaths per year, which is
2:13.8	hardly a resolved public health crisis. Despite this, perhaps to celebrate the midterm election results, the Senate voted this week on exactly that.
2:23.0	On Tuesday, the Senate voted 62 to 32 in favor of ending the official declaration of COVID-19 as a federal emergency.
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