To be fair I’ve been sat wondering why Draper has gotten the attention he has when there’s thousands who are struggling with long covid, who have gone through PIP declared fit for work but aren’t and are living through the inhumanity of poverty whilst waiting for tribunals.
There are other notable people who are still suffering long covid and are forgotten. We have doctors and nurses who worked through every wave of the pandemic and are now so disabled by covid they can’t work and are denied disability benefits. we don’t hear about them.
I am sympathetic to garraway and draper who were fortunate enough to be in a position to afford care. Who are fortunate enough to have been able to monetise the effects of this illness to pay for care.
though I feel it was exploitative too especially all the footage we saw of Draper in a coma or fatigued. And that’s why the whole thing feels icky to me.
I feel the same about parents who use their disabled kids (even adult children!) on insta and YouTube and earn from it.