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davel [he/him]@hexbear.net to covid@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago

Covid Just Killed The Last Person Living In An Iron Lung

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Covid Just Killed The Last Person Living In An Iron Lung

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davel [he/him]@hexbear.net to covid@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago
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Paul Alexander, the last person on Earth living in an iron lung after surviving polio as a child, was just killed by covid. The shame of it. Nothing quite sums up the hegemonic project of covid normalization, and the total disregard for the lives of the vulnerable, like a polio survivor being killed by covid.
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  • THIRD_WORLDIST@hexbear.net
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    so that’s why none of the articles have mentioned why he died

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Oh shit they buried the lede on that one. Jesus christ.

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    omg I saw this like a week or so ago, about this person going to the hospital because of covid. Can’t believe he died but also a completely expected outcome. RIP

    edit: by the way that article is wrong, he was not the last person in an iron lung. Martha Lillard I believe is now the last person alive in an iron lung.

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    so-far yknow, with the plague rats trying to bring back polio too

    or do modern polio infections not lead to iron lungs anymore idk

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      Ventilators are used instead of iron lungs nowadays.

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    Sure fucking feels like masking should have persisted in healthcare settings.

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    Expecting to see this in the MSM with the headline “Thanks to COVID, there are no more polio patients in iron lungs!”

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