re: Long Covid and cancer from burn pits in Iraqi and Afghanistan

My father, RIP, was one of the “recipients” of said “Agent Orange giveaway” benefits, and for good reason. The best man I’ve ever known developed diseases not inherent to his lifestyle or familial history. My father spent his entire adult civilian life as an RT, treating and caring for countless patients with respiratory disorders. He retired, and was soon thereafter diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. This is a disease that, without a lung transplant, is ultimately a death sentence. He slowly, but surely, spiraled downward, until he caught Covid, and it was his end. My Dad had so many diagnoses that boggled the mind. Many of his doctors could only attribute them to Agent Orange exposure. So, quite frankly, I take offense to the mere idea that there can be a term such as “Agent Orange Giveaway”. It’s disrespectful, at the very least, to our veterans who gave their all, in a war they were commanded to participate in, but were shunned upon on their arrival back home.