Thread by @HueyJune, While we're at it, illness is not a moral failing either.https://twitter.com/Unemployedneg/status/1246498110999756801 With [...]

While we're at it, illness is not a moral failing either. https://twitter.com/Unemployedneg/status/1246498110999756801

https://twitter.com/Unemployedneg/status/1246498110999756801

With this week's hot topic/horrorshow, it's also worth saying out loud: Obesity, hypertension, diabetes, other comorbidities are NOT signs of moral failing.

Also, #housingdiscriminationineverything https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/08/830030932/cdc-hospital-data-point-to-racial-disparity-in-covid-19-cases

CDC Hospital Data Point To Racial Disparity In COVID-19 Cases

In a study of the early coronavirus epidemic in the U.S., a third of people who were hospitalized were African American. Top risk factors were high blood pressure and obesity.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/08/830030932/cdc-hospital-data-point-to-racial-disparity-in-covid-19-cases

Relevant to this thread: "...that you and the millions of people in the proverbial audience will begin to see your struggles not as personal failings, but systemic ones." https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycramer/you-dont-know-bernie-sanders
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You Don't Know Bernie

Bernie Sanders — the guy who admits he can be grumpy and “nasty” and a “real son of a bitch,” the guy who’s known for giving the same speech over and over again — that guy is trying to win this...

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycramer/you-dont-know-bernie-sanders

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