Access To Care

The isolation of the coronavirus pandemic upended people’s lives—and made internet connection even more essential. In Access to Care, the Daily Dot asked TikTok mavericks and Reddit newbies how they give and receive healthcare and community support online, a year into the pandemic. 

In these stories, therapists turn to TikTok to reach audiences at home, unemployed workers find support on Reddit, Black college students grapple with lack of community on a virtual campus, and young consumers order birth control via Instagram. The winding, and sometimes invisible, thread of Access to Care links them together.

Therapists on TikTok are here to stay—and want to help

Reddit support groups are a safety net for the laid off and uninsured

Black college students face lack of community on virtual campuses

TikTok and Instagram are starting a birth control revolution