Living with Covid has meant dying and becoming disabled for many people. It’s not ok to pretend this isn’t happening.

Yet somehow UsForThem ended up on the Children's Forum🤷‍♂️

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry denied our request to join their 'Equalities Forum'.

We are concerned that our existing inequalities might worsen within the Inquiry processes.

𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 = 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲

#DemandEquality #CVRightsAreHumanRights

It is astonishing to think that UK Govt are even contemplating using PAVA spray (Pelargonic *Acid* Vanillylamide) ON CHILDREN given it is a chemical weapon that can cause severe pain and it is a prohibited weapon under the law. It's bad enough that it's used in adult prison

My husband sees the same impact in his NHS role.
5 out of 9 patients today were having 🫀 diagnostics because of post covid infection heart changes.
They all said they didn’t know it could/would happen to them.
Shaun Lintern
Andrew Gregory
BHF Policy
British Cardiovascular Society

With thanks to Tigress for faithfully collating and sharing this data with us:

Total UK Covid Deaths to 29th March *Provisional*

239,173

*Estimated from previous Occurrences to 29th Dec 2023 + Registered deaths since then.
*Likely an undercount

'A score of 3/8 or more indicates that personality disorder is likely' 😳 Comments welcome below.....

I see I have logged in to a feed absolutely full of attacks on Motability cars again.

#Motability cars ARE ESSENTIAL for many people and they are NOT FREE. Re-circulating this one, for your education:

🚨 Clinically Vulnerable people have been *denied access* to the Inquiry Equalities Forum, despite facing unique equality issues.

We have voiced our concerns in our written submissions below.

The lack of formal recognition within the Inquiry process needs urgent redress.

A recent measles outbreak in Wales spread in the hospital too

But masks in UK healthcare is unfathomable 🤦

The British medical establishment - who sometimes seem to lean towards Social Darwinism (evidenced by their approach to COVID) - don't seem very adaptable themselves...

It is an absolute travesty that we are having to fight for clean air/ Covid-safe practices in hospitals. Shame on those who are minimising...including the press and media. It should be rinigng alarm bells that we are denying safe health care to the most vulnerable 1/3

🧵 There's the idea that only money-making degrees are good ones & that this automatically rules out the Humanities.

Following this logic (which I don't, because there are valuable jobs you can't put a number on), I'd like to show you these economic leaders & their degrees:

4/

Kenneth Chenault, American Express, History

Our lives are not just about usefulness or economic success, but even if they were, people who denigrate Humanities are simply wrong.

I've been made redundant from openDemocracy along with several of my brilliant colleagues.

I'm looking for work. Here are some of my clippings:

Under the #HumanRightsAct the following should be regarded as #EssentialMedicinesforAll
Regular Covid vaccines (cost should not be a barrier to health)
Antivirals
Long Covid treatments
Evusheld (supernova)
The UK government does not care about vulnerable lives United Nations #ECHR

Imagine being so sick you can’t eat, going into hospital for a simple but lifesaving procedure, instead being held against your will, whilst you rapidly deteriorate to a point you feel like you’re going to die, from a condition your Drs think is psychological #BringMillieHome

If you are new to this terrible tragedy unfolding regarding Millie, this sort thread summarises the events really simply. Please stand in solidarity with Millie. People with severe M.E. need healthy advocates to speak up.
#BringMillieHome #DontLetMEDie

This brilliant article from Laura Elliott in Byline Times is another superb example of the good work journalists can do. It gives a voice to Millie's family when so many are ignoring them.

Please read & share & we must #BringMillieHome #DontLetMEDie
bylinetimes.com/2024/03/19/a-r…