I agree that the stigma surrounding disease and illness is quite concerning and really depressing to see. People with illness and disease may already have self-esteem issues as a result of their illnesses altering the way they can live their lives. It’s discouraging for them to have to deal with the society around them devaluing them or tossing them aside due to something that is (for the most part) out of their control. I do believe that the world has definitely come a long way from how it used to treat people with illness and disease, but there’s still a lot of change that needs to occur. People still need to be educated on how illness is not a defining factor, and that starts from teaching children to be compassionate and understanding towards their peers.