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Vaccine rollout is excluding people with disabilities
March 29, 2021 // by Lene Andersen
I am not here to debate the COVID-19 vaccine — I desperately want it. As someone who takes immunosuppressant medication, have a disability, and receive attendant care, I am high risk for getting COVID-19 and to have a severe case. I qualify and am eligible for the vaccine. Yet somehow, I can’t get it. I channelled…
Category: COVID19, Disability
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