David A. B. Murray, "Living with HIV in Post-crisis Times: Beyond the Endgame" (Lexington Books, 2021)
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Is There a Value for Life in the Pandemic?
There is this big discourse around why, ah loerincom communities in india are not following social distancing protocols in the pandemic. And i found that to be such a tone deaf kind of discourse. If you're dependent on your liconi daily wages to run your household, or if you are already surrounded by illnesses that are quite rious and that are ignored by public health a systems and schemes, then covid is not actually the biggest thing that happens to you. I mean, at this is, you know, m in some places, there's very few options for getting by, for surviving. So choices are made within those limited options. The authors do show that repeatedly
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