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Today was the funeral service for #JudithHeumann, the activist aptly named as the “mother of the #DisabilityRights movement.” Judith firmly believed that there was no aspect of American life that should be inaccessible to any person who wished to be a part of it.
The policy at the in-person service this morning was “#masks are optional, but encouraged.”
This cavalier and senseless policy at an event w/so many sick & disabled attendees is a dagger to the heart of Judith’s life’s work.
With masks being dropped even in medical settings, we are rapidly descending to a point where #immunocompromised and #HighRiskCovid (people at notably heightened risk of serious illness, death and/or [worsened] disability) are not going to be able to go anywhere or participate in any aspect of life that isn’t explicitly planned by one of our number — or for the richest and most elite, who are the only ones still requiring mitigation, e.g. Davos.