{"id":327,"name":"Sara Johnson and Sam Friedman","url":"","description":"<strong>Sara Johnson <\/strong>is a \u201clong hauler\u201d white woman who has been living with Long COVID since early 2022 and is active in long hauler political and community organizing. She and <strong>Sam Friedman<\/strong> met while they were members of the People\u2019s CDC, an organization set up when it became clear that the U.S. government and its Centers for Disease Control were downplaying and distorting the public health realities of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to \u201crestore normalcy,\u201d increase the profitability of business, and engage more effectively in economic and military competition with foreign capital and states. <strong>Friedman<\/strong> is a public health researcher and activist, and a member of Tempest Collective, the Ukrainian Solidarity Network, and Jewish Voice for Peace.","link":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/author\/johnson_friedman\/","slug":"johnson_friedman","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/754c6166ab235bc39291a51cfd08c9724c002394a73e58e40e99d76163b6aad4?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/754c6166ab235bc39291a51cfd08c9724c002394a73e58e40e99d76163b6aad4?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/754c6166ab235bc39291a51cfd08c9724c002394a73e58e40e99d76163b6aad4?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}