“Boycott fatigue” is a perfect example of how accessibility can be co-opted to serve capitalism and, by extension, how capitalism can delimit the scope of our solidarity. “Boycott fatigue” re-individualizes a collective protest, twisting a united front into a personal burden.

What you need to understand is that Covid hasn’t changed. It’s not any safer than it was. There is no medical or scientific data driving this decision. It’s just capitalism. It is as dangerous as it was when you were masking and staying home. This should radicalize you.

The reason "leftists" don't talk about COVID anymore is because they wanted to get back to brunch.

The “inclusion” rhetoric of on-site academic conferences where the vast majority of participants are choosing to not mask is utter bullshit. But the organizations know this. The members know this. I just don’t want to hear their analysis and critiques of hegemonic harms. ☠️

Just to reiterate what disabled people have been saying: the push against masking was always about surveillance.

Ontario’s COVID Testing Eligibility …are OUT of STEP with ALL other infectious diseases A young, otherwise well person with bilateral lung infiltrates on her chest X-ray would NOT qualify for testing Come again???

I’ve got 99 problems and most of them are systemic.

Correcting revisionist history: "COVID is not a problem for young people in the US" Covid responsible (not "with", underlying cause) for 2% of all deaths <20. That's 1 out of every 50 deaths of all kids who die. #1 in infectious diseases, 5th in disease overall. /1

COVID-19 deaths created 300,000 American orphans, 330,000 if we count "primary caregivers" and 380,000 if we count "secondary caregivers". That's a lot of childhood harm. 2x as common for Black kids 4x as common for Indigenous kids 1.6X as common for Hispanic kids /2

Our most vulnerable children, with medical illnesses, suffered the most during the pandemic. Children with heart disease, respiratory disease, neurologic diseases, and chromosomal abnormalities suffered more severe symptoms than did children without those conditions. /3

Tyler Black, MD but we'll keep sticking our heads in the sand sending kids into superspreading schools without any protective measures in place No case counting, contact tracing, outbreak management testing, proper isolation, masking, CO2 monitoring, upgraded ventilation/filtration #COVIDnotOVER

This is what finally turned me fully anti-maid.

Looking back, it’s incredibly sad how COVID-19 played out. When mask mandates dropped, that was the left’s opportunity to showcase solidarity to disabled ppl, strengthen the left, normalise remote work. Instead, ableds joined forces w/ the right to resume “back to normal”