Long Covid Support 🌍
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Here is our joint press release with Long Covid Support 🌍 & Covid Action (Now!) sent out after the most recent Office for National Statistics (ONS) data (for England &Scotland not Wales)
“Our government consistently fails to consider Long Covid when discussing the long-term health of the country”
longcovidsos.org/post/why-is-th…
For the latest insights on the macroeconomic impact of #LongCovid in the UK, read our report launched March 2024 which explores the wider economic impacts of Long Covid on jobs, households and the NHS no long-term healthcare funding commitments are made.👉bit.ly/3xv0303
NHS Confederation Chair Victor Adebowale on Question Time:
Q.Does Britain have a sick note culture?
A. No… It’s cruel…2m people have #LongCovid , a recognised illness as a result of #Covid …very rarely met someone who doesn’t want to work… We need to stop using performative language.”
“As Long Covid Support said, the ONS figures are clear on one thing in particular: that the “pandemic is not over””
#LongCovid
#LongCovid RuinsLives
#CureLongCovid
#CovidIsNotOver
“If five years ago, we were to imagine that a completely new disease, which for some can cause medium- to long-term, and potentially disabling symptoms in approximately 3% of the population, which is what the new figures suggest, we would be enormously concerned.”
#LongCovid
Long Covid isn't mild, ability to do day to day activities is
- adversely affected for 1.5m
- limited a lot for 381k
These are predominantly working age people so this will affect the labour market
It's not 'sick note culture' Rishi - it's Long Covid!
#TreatLongCovid
#LongCovid continues to impact and with every infection being a potential risk #cleantheair and a programme of other sensible mitigations doesn't seem unreasonable