My name is Dan Pezzetta, and I am a chronically ill patient that has seen society completely abandon the sick during the pandemic. For too long I've heard, "only the sick and elderly die" "why don't you stay indoors while we return to our lives", and much worse. I've been an advocate for rare disease legislation for years prior to the pandemic, and now I want to advocate for patients that were and still are seen as disposable to society. We are not, and we will not go out quietly. I hope this book shows other rare and chronic disease patients that they were not alone, as well as showing able-bodied people a perspective they may have never considered.