Paul Alexander, the last person on Earth living in an iron lung after surviving polio as a child, was just killed by covid. The shame of it. Nothing quite sums up the hegemonic project of covid normalization, and the total disregard for the lives of the vulnerable, like a polio survivor being killed by covid.
omg I saw this like a week or so ago, about this person going to the hospital because of covid. Can’t believe he died but also a completely expected outcome. RIP
edit: by the way that article is wrong, he was not the last person in an iron lung. Martha Lillard I believe is now the last person alive in an iron lung.