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Will you take the pledge to end diabetes stigma? Visit EndDiabetesStigma.org

Let’s work to end diabetes stigma

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๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป? This international effort by 51 people affected by diabetes from 18 countries generated a strong research-backed statement in response to the harm done by diabetes stigma and discrimination. Let it be a catalyst for positive change. To find out more and take the pledge visit EndDiabetesStigma.org.

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After Roe...when a subject is highly controversial...

Living in a post-Roe world

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After 50 years of debate, the conversation around abortion collapsed down to a woman’s right to choose. Not a person’s right to access healthcare โ€” to have access to a particular healthcare procedure, one that could save that person’s life.

Due process and a fundamental right to privacy got pushed aside as individualism was put at the center. The fundamental human right to healthcare came into question.

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800K souls lost to COVID-19

800,000 souls lost to COVID-19

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2021 was bookended by COVID. We started the year hoping that the pandemic would end and we could get back to some kind of normalcy. But, here we are. Not only does COVID remain at the forefront, with the Omicron variant it looks like the pandemic will continue to disrupt our lives well into 2022. People are tired of living their restricted life and with all the uncertainty. They want it to end. They want to return to normal, even if it’s a “new” normal. They question how much longer they can continue keeping their distance and wearing masks. Maybe they should ask their friends and family how they got through World War II. Oh yeah, the 1940s are now barely at the edge of living memory. How soon we forget.

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