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# Got Long COVID and Short of Cash?
- URL: https://goodoil.news/got-long-covid-and-short-of-cash/
- Published: 2022-07-21T00:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-20T06:08:25.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: COVID-19, Health, Law, World, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

[familyfirst.org.nz](https://familyfirst.org.nz/2022/07/19/canadian-woman-suffering-from-long-covid-has-applied-for-assisted-dying/?ref=goodoil.news)

*\*This post was written by Family First staff writers.*

This is a sad story that illustrates the dangers of liberal euthanasia laws…

A Canadian woman suffering from Long Covid has applied for assisted dying. Tracey Thompson has already received one doctor’s approval and is now awaiting a second specialist’s approval to then proceed with assisted dying.

Extreme fatigue and a lack of financial support caused Thompson to apply for **Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)** – Canada’s **voluntary euthanasia** program. She is unable to work and expects to run out of money in five months.

> *“(MAiD) is exclusively a financial consideration,” she said.*  
>  
> *“My choices are basically to die slowly and painfully, or quickly. Those are the options that are left.”*

> Thompson stressed she still enjoys life and doesn’t want to die, but doesn’t think she could survive without an income.

According to the Canadian Government’s own data, there have been **21,589 medically assisted deaths since euthanasia became legal in 2016.**

When MAiD first became legal in Canada it was only available for people who were terminally ill. However, last year the criteria changed to ***“cannot be relieved under conditions that you consider acceptable”***. From March 17 2023, the program will be expanded to **include people with mental illness as their sole underlying medical condition.**

Not only is this story very sad, it also highlights the dangers of liberal euthanasia laws which inevitably get expanded over time.

Read full story [here](https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-woman-enduring-effects-of-long-covid-begins-process-for-medically-assisted-death-1.5976944?ref=goodoil.news).

Note – **‘Long Covid’** is a term to describe the effects of Covid-19 that continue for weeks or months beyond the initial illness. Symptoms include chronic fatigue, brain fog, and chest pain.

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