A depiction of a COVID-19 particle in front of the earth that is blurred in the background as if it is glowing red. Text at the top says, "COVID-19 Here to Stay" in red text. Text in white at the top reads "we failed"
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The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies: “COVID-19, Here To Stay, We Failed.”

Screenshot of X Post by the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies on 6-May-2023, replying to World Health Organization post from 5-May-2023 declaring the pandemic over. Responding post includes graphic of earth from space partially obscured by a large red sars covid-19. "COVID-19, Here to Stay, we failed: in white lettering across it.

The disability forward response team The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies tweeted on May 6th, 2023 in response to the World Health Organization’s announcement of the end of the global health emergency of COVID-19. As disaster responders, they write that “Ending the #COVID Emergency is a #Disaster for #Disabled People.” Removing COVID from the list of global health emergencies allows people to stop practicing habits that are crucial for protecting the disabled people around them. The tweet’s linked article (alt link) states that “To the degree that precautions are being taken, these efforts will diminish when the Public Health Emergency is no longer in effect”. The graphic image represents the failures of the Biden Administration to protect people from the virus that is still rampant as “roughly 400 people still die from the virus each day”.

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies (The Partnership): “prioritizes equity, access, disability rights, disability justice, and full inclusion of people with disabilities, older adults, and people with access and functional needs before, during, and after disasters and emergencies”. They often focus on natural disasters and their impact on disability but also focus on international crises like COVID and other threats to public health and human/civil rights. The training and education created by The Partnership has allowed for remote access to disaster information and response resources.

-Stephanie Farmer

Backup Media:

Format: Twitter (X) Post
Creator: The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
Handle: @disasterstrat
Link to Post: https://x.com/disasterstrat/status/1654987838310555655
Date: 6 May 2023

Post Content:

COVID-19, Here to Stay, we failed.

Ending the #COVID Emergency is a #Disaster for #Disabled People
Decisionmakers declaring that the loss of 400+ of our people per day does not rise to the level of being an emergency. https://tinyurl.com/3ky2uxhm @WHO @CDCgov @WhiteHouse

Replying to @WHO and @DrTedros

Quoted Tweet:

Creator: World Health Organization (WHO)
Handle: @WHO
Link to Post: https://x.com/WHO/status/1654477334139863041
Date: 5 May 2023

Content:

“It is therefore with great hope that I declare #COVID19 over as a global health emergency.

However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat.

Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes – and that’s just the deaths we know about”-@DrTedros

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5-May 2023 Twitter/X post by the World Health Organization (@WHO) which reads: "It is therefore with great hope that I declare #COVID19 over as a global health emergency. However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat. Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes - and that's just the deaths we know about"- @DrTedros" Below a light blue graphic reads "Breaking: Covid-19 Global Health Emergency is over"