“I can still see your world, but I live in a different world.'
N95 masks are distributed to farm workers in Medford, Ore., Aug. 28, 2021.
But the isolation and depression — amplified as the rest of the world seemingly moves on from the pandemic without her — have also taken their toll.Millions of Americans with weakened immune systems, disabilities or illnesses that make them especially vulnerable to the coronavirus have lived this way since March 2020, sequestering at home, keeping their children out of school and skipping medical care rather than risk exposure to the virus.
That is not what Aaron Vaughn, 12, of East Lynne, Missouri, hoped for when he received a heart transplant in June 2020. Born with half a heart, he thought a transplant would give him more freedom after years of long hospital stays. But with the virus still circulating, he has not been to school or a restaurant — his last trip was to Pizza Hut, his favorite at the time — since early 2020, and sees no one but his family and doctors.
“It’s hard when people have turned something political, you know, that could kill my son,” said his mother, Sarah Vaughn. The fear and anger felt by many high-risk Americans burst into public view last month in response to remarks from the CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky. Citing a study that said only 0.003% of vaccinated people had died of COVID-19, she told ABC News that 75% of those who had died despite vaccination had “at least four comorbidities, so, really, these are people who were unwell to begin with.”
Dr. Cameron Webb, senior policy adviser for equity on the White House COVID-19 Response Team, said the backlash had led the Biden administration to reexamine its approach to people with vulnerabilities.He pointed to recent guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services saying that patients cannot be deprioritized on the basis of disability, even when hospitals enact crisis standards of care.
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