We’re in for another two weeks of struggling, yet we are also never alone in these struggles. I hope that all of you find some respite despite the issues you’re facing, and that you know you are appreciated, loved, and respected here.
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Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.
This is after the sudden death of Twitter user @MECFSComrade, Megan Pendleton, who was a beloved activist and friend to many suffering with ME/CFS. I am sick of seeing us die, killed by the negligent systems and people around us, many of them with the gall to call themselves “comrade.” I am still mourning the deaths of Alice Wong and Leslie Lee III, and now here is another. How many more will it take? Too many. The abled have so much blood on their hands, and they better pray to whatever power they worship that they are never made to answer for it. COVID kills. Wear a mask. Support us while we are still here, or you are no better than the enemy.