Hidden suffering of coronavirus: Stigma, blaming, shaming
(WorldNews Indonesia)

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - No one should have known Bella Lamilla´s name. But within hours of her diagnosis as Ecuador´s first coronavirus case, it was circulating on social media along with photos showing the retired schoolteacher unconscious and intubated in a hospital bed. Her large, close-knit family watched in horror as a dual tragedy began to unfold: While Lamilla fought for her life in intensive care, strangers began tearing apart her reputation online. `Knowing she had it, the old lady didn´t care and went all around,` one person commented on Facebook. `It was ugly,` said Pedro Valenzuela, 22, Lamilla´s great-nephew. `It hurt a lot.` The spreading global pandemic has tested the...