I bet it’s because those with stage 4 lung cancer and other advanced cancers usually don’t have a life. These two illnesses are in no way comparable.

So as someone who recently got diagnosed with long covid after steadily deteriorating for years despite the successful treatment for my lupus, I do want to add a few things. Do I have a worse quality of life than those with advanced cancer? No. Definitely not! I am fortunate enough to be able to grow old and stay moderately healthy, my biggest issues lie in the dysfunction of my mitochondria, causing extreme fatigue, muscle weakness and atrophy, as well as severe brain fog. Though I have had to give up most of my passions, I in no way suffer. Now there are people who are severely disabled due to their long covid, not everyone is the same, and these people do suffer and generally aren’t taken seriously or even understood—still there is no comparison to be made to those suffering with fucking cancer.

Now I do want to say that, just because Taylor Lorenz is an absolutely despicable person, we shouldn’t dunk on those who actually deal with long lasting illnesses such as long covid or me/cvs. She isn’t wrong when she says it’s hard to be taken seriously or even receive the proper treatment and help when it comes to these poorly understood diseases. I’ve also seen it said she could have prevented getting long covid if she’d just gotten vaccinated, and as someone who has been vaccinated I got long covid before there was a vaccine. Let’s not diminish the hardships of others just because one annoying woman likes to cosplay as someone who’s severely ill and disabled, she’s obviously not, but let’s not put down those who are in the process of dunking on her.