Thread by @lpackard, Speaking as somebody who survived stage 4 cancer & is now staying [...]

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lpackard

Speaking as somebody who survived stage 4 cancer & is now staying at home so I don't get this thing:

Fuck you William Barr. https://americanindependent.com/william-barr-corronavirus-cancer-house-arrest-civil-liberties-attorney-general-covid-19/

Barr: Stay-at-home orders are like 'killing the patient' who has cancer

As Donald Trump pushes for an end to stay-at-home orders, his attorney general says such safety measures are 'disturbingly close to house arrest.'

https://americanindependent.com/william-barr-corronavirus-cancer-house-arrest-civil-liberties-attorney-general-covid-19/

My survivor friends have been hunkered down for weeks (those of us who have been able to). And we will continue to do so for as long as we can. Guess Barr cares more about the Dow than our lives.

It isn't just cancer. Anybody with an immunosuppressed condition has been doing their best to isolate. But they want to steamroll right over our bodies so their stocks go back up.

An estimated 135 million Americans have pre-existing conditions. Many of us are especially vulnerable. But as we've all seen, anybody can get seriously ill & anybody can die from COVID-19.
STAY HOME, SAVE LIVES. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/news/2019/10/02/475030/number-americans-preexisting-conditions-district-116th-congress/

Number of Americans With Preexisting Conditions by District for the 116th Congress - Center for...

People with preexisting conditions would lose protections against discrimination by insurance companies under repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/news/2019/10/02/475030/number-americans-preexisting-conditions-district-116th-congress/

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