How has the steep drop-off in COVID policies like masking affected immunocompromised individuals and those with disabilities? The CDC's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical-conditions.html">list of those at risk of severe COVID-19 illness</a>&nbsp;is long and wide-ranging. This hour, we're joined by Kayle Hill, a Waterbury-based writer and an advocate with Disability Rights Connecticut. Plus, epidemiologist and activist Gregg Gonsalves and Atlantic staff writer Ed Yong dig into this dissonance. Yong asks, "How did this many deaths become normal?" GUESTS: <ul> <li>Gregg Gonsalves:&nbsp;Epidemiologist and Activist; Associate Professor, Yale School of Public Health</li> <li>Kayle Hill:&nbsp;<a href="https://kaylejh.com/">Writer</a>; Advocate,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.disrightsct.org/">Disability Rights Connecticut</a></li> <li>Ed Yong:&nbsp;Staff Writer, The Atlantic</li> </ul><a href="http://wnpr.org/donate" rel="payment">Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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