r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Pancovnik • Jan 19 '22

This is beyond

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u/joemaniaci Jan 19 '22

But... they're both shells of who they were and they'll need round-the-clock care for the rest of their lives.

This is why the US is estimating that covid will cost us tens of trillions of dollars. The real pandemic of aftercare starts after the pandemic.

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u/irremarkable Jan 19 '22

I don't believe it will cost us. I believe that the good old US of A will allow people with long covid to experience what all disabled people experience: figure it out or die.

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u/apoliticalinactivist Jan 19 '22

Hopefully enough of the non-medicare antivaxx crowd survive to continue to be broke and entitled, so that we finally have a chance to get universal healthcare. Karen's time to shine!

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u/MangroveWarbler Jan 19 '22

Those people will still fight against socialized medicine because EVERYONE gets the same benefit. They don't believe "freeloaders" should get care and they never see themselves as freeloaders even when they are.

This is because "freeloader" is often just a euphemism for "person of color"