Thread by @BarackObama, Here are a few stories that have less to do with the [...]

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Here are a few stories that have less to do with the very real medical or economic aspects of this crisis, and more with how we take care of each other as a human family during all crises:

. @sullydish witnessed the impact of HIV-AIDS on the LGBT community in the early stages of that devastating disease: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/andrew-sullivan-how-to-survive-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html

Andrew Sullivan: How to Survive a Plague

The coronavirus pandemic will destroy so much — but through the devastation, it will also allow opportunities to rebuild and renew.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/andrew-sullivan-how-to-survive-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html

And @cripchick, a disabled activist, understands what it’s like for people with particular vulnerabilities to come together for support: https://www.kqed.org/news/11806414/coronavirus-how-these-disabled-activists-are-taking-matters-into-their-own-sanitized-hands

Coronavirus: How These Disabled Activists Are Taking Matters Into Their Own (Sanitized) Hands |...

Stacey Milbern and her small collective of disabled activists are making their own hand sanitizers and disinfectants, and are distributing them to people in homeless encampments in Oakland.

https://www.kqed.org/news/11806414/coronavirus-how-these-disabled-activists-are-taking-matters-into-their-own-sanitized-hands

Sometimes it takes the wisdom and resilience of those who have been marginalized for all of us to remember the importance of community and mutual aid.

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