President Obama: "How we take care of each other as a human family during all crises"

[Dennis Donovan]

Barack Obama ✔@BarackObama

Here are a few stories that have less to do with the very real medical or economic aspects of this crisis, and more with how we take care of each other as a human family during all crises:

.@sullydish witnessed the impact of HIV-AIDS on the LGBT community in the early stages of that devastating disease:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/andrew-sullivan-how-to-survive-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html …
Andrew Sullivan: How to Survive a Plague
The coronavirus pandemic will destroy so much — but through the devastation, it will also allow opportunities to rebuild and renew.

And @cripchick, a disabled activist, understands what it’s like for people with particular vulnerabilities to come together for support:

https://www.kqed.org/news/11806414/coronavirus-how-these-disabled-activists-are-taking-matters-into-their-own-sanitized-hands …
Coronavirus: How These Disabled Activists Are Taking Matters Into Their Own (Sanitized) Hands
Stacey Milbern and her small collective of disabled activists are making their own hand sanitizers and disinfectants, and are distributing them to people in homeless encampments in Oakland.

Sometimes it takes the wisdom and resilience of those who have been marginalized for all of us to remember the importance of community and mutual aid.

9:24 AM - Mar 21, 2020

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Goddamn, I miss him.

[RicROC]

1. " it takes a village "

[VWolf]

2. Still my president n/t

[crickets]

3. I'm glad Obama is finding ways to inject some calm and comfort into the situation.

I miss him too.

[Boomerproud]

4. He has a humility and heart that 45 can't comprehend.

Another round of tears between sanitizing.