Violet Affleck, eldest child of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, is using her platform to raise awareness. The activist delivered an impassioned speech at the United Nations this week, where she spoke about COVID-19 and long COVID, the most persistent form of the virus. Affleck said that she has been affected by the latter and that such a condition can persist long after recovery, with symptoms ranging from shortness of breath to dizziness.

The 19-year-old, a student at Yale University, strongly criticized the return to a maskless existence, and said that those living with long COVID now cast aside by most of the world. “Leaders tell us that we are the future,” a mask-wearing Affleck began. “But when it comes to the current pandemic, our present is being stolen before our eyes.

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