Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
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💔 Clinically Vulnerable Families, including children, are still being left behind.
We're fighting for clean air, vaccines, antivirals, legal recognition etc. - but we can’t keep going without your help!
Every £ supports our work.
Please donate if you can🙏 & share if you can't.
Thank you!
We're fighting for clean air, vaccines, antivirals, legal recognition etc. - but we can’t keep going without your help!
Every £ supports our work.
Please donate if you can🙏 & share if you can't.
Thank you!
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FUN FACT:
Only 2️⃣ people have given evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry wearing a mask.
I was #OneOfTheTwo, and the other was Dr Cathy Finnis.
We both spoke on behalf of people managing health risks in Clinically Vulnerable Families.
@jonstewartshow.bsky.social @jonfavs.bsky.social @timodc.bsky.social
Only 2️⃣ people have given evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry wearing a mask.
I was #OneOfTheTwo, and the other was Dr Cathy Finnis.
We both spoke on behalf of people managing health risks in Clinically Vulnerable Families.
@jonstewartshow.bsky.social @jonfavs.bsky.social @timodc.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
FUN FACT:
Only 2️⃣ people have given evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry wearing a mask.
I was #OneOfTheTwo, and the other was Dr Cathy Finnis.
We both spoke on behalf of people managing health risks in Clinically Vulnerable Families.
@jonstewartshow.bsky.social @jonfavs.bsky.social @timodc.bsky.social
Only 2️⃣ people have given evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry wearing a mask.
I was #OneOfTheTwo, and the other was Dr Cathy Finnis.
We both spoke on behalf of people managing health risks in Clinically Vulnerable Families.
@jonstewartshow.bsky.social @jonfavs.bsky.social @timodc.bsky.social
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So tired of this. Real peoples lives are at stake here. Why did Labour cancel 13 million vaccines to clinically vulnerable but still making out they are protecting us.
December 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
So tired of this. Real peoples lives are at stake here. Why did Labour cancel 13 million vaccines to clinically vulnerable but still making out they are protecting us.
🛡 We are very proud 2 x CVF members shared their stories in today's important article.
But also frustrated. CVF put together this story and gathered fresh data – but some old data from a different group was platformed instead.
CVF's latest findings ⬇️
But also frustrated. CVF put together this story and gathered fresh data – but some old data from a different group was platformed instead.
CVF's latest findings ⬇️
December 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🛡 We are very proud 2 x CVF members shared their stories in today's important article.
But also frustrated. CVF put together this story and gathered fresh data – but some old data from a different group was platformed instead.
CVF's latest findings ⬇️
But also frustrated. CVF put together this story and gathered fresh data – but some old data from a different group was platformed instead.
CVF's latest findings ⬇️
🎅 Reducing social contact at Christmas isn’t easy - and for most, it certainly isn't a choice people make lightly.
Flu can be serious for vulnerable groups.
So *please* don’t bring any extra “🎁” this Christmas:
IF YOU ARE UNWELL, STAY AT 🏠
Flu can be serious for vulnerable groups.
So *please* don’t bring any extra “🎁” this Christmas:
IF YOU ARE UNWELL, STAY AT 🏠
December 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🎅 Reducing social contact at Christmas isn’t easy - and for most, it certainly isn't a choice people make lightly.
Flu can be serious for vulnerable groups.
So *please* don’t bring any extra “🎁” this Christmas:
IF YOU ARE UNWELL, STAY AT 🏠
Flu can be serious for vulnerable groups.
So *please* don’t bring any extra “🎁” this Christmas:
IF YOU ARE UNWELL, STAY AT 🏠
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NEW article by @theipaper.com (out tomorrow!) will highlight those who remain shielding for a 5th Christmas (~6 yrs) due to persistent high-risks.
The government used the most vulnerable to justify closures, and then left them behind without ever "Learning to live with Covid".
The government used the most vulnerable to justify closures, and then left them behind without ever "Learning to live with Covid".
![Living With Ongoing Risk:
How CEV People Are Managing Flu & Covid Winter Waves
50% Fully (16%) /mostly (34%) shielding
2% No precautions
14% Some precautions
34% Strong risk reductions
[Poll of 482 formerly shielded Clinically Vulnerable people, December 2025]
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December 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
NEW article by @theipaper.com (out tomorrow!) will highlight those who remain shielding for a 5th Christmas (~6 yrs) due to persistent high-risks.
The government used the most vulnerable to justify closures, and then left them behind without ever "Learning to live with Covid".
The government used the most vulnerable to justify closures, and then left them behind without ever "Learning to live with Covid".
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#MyLife
#ClinicalVulnerable
Spare of thought for all of us and just how impossible life has become for so many
#ClinicalVulnerable
Spare of thought for all of us and just how impossible life has become for so many
NEW article by @theipaper.com (out tomorrow!) will highlight those who remain shielding for a 5th Christmas (~6 yrs) due to persistent high-risks.
The government used the most vulnerable to justify closures, and then left them behind without ever "Learning to live with Covid".
The government used the most vulnerable to justify closures, and then left them behind without ever "Learning to live with Covid".
December 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
#MyLife
#ClinicalVulnerable
Spare of thought for all of us and just how impossible life has become for so many
#ClinicalVulnerable
Spare of thought for all of us and just how impossible life has become for so many
NEW article by @theipaper.com (out tomorrow!) will highlight those who remain shielding for a 5th Christmas (~6 yrs) due to persistent high-risks.
The government used the most vulnerable to justify closures, and then left them behind without ever "Learning to live with Covid".
The government used the most vulnerable to justify closures, and then left them behind without ever "Learning to live with Covid".
December 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
NEW article by @theipaper.com (out tomorrow!) will highlight those who remain shielding for a 5th Christmas (~6 yrs) due to persistent high-risks.
The government used the most vulnerable to justify closures, and then left them behind without ever "Learning to live with Covid".
The government used the most vulnerable to justify closures, and then left them behind without ever "Learning to live with Covid".
We appreciate the clarification from Lakeside:
✅ medical/religious face coverings are welcome
❌ ski masks/hoods/helmets are not
Please clarity to staff/security:
Clinically Vulnerable people wearing masks must not be questioned, pressured to remove them, or turned away.
1/
✅ medical/religious face coverings are welcome
❌ ski masks/hoods/helmets are not
Please clarity to staff/security:
Clinically Vulnerable people wearing masks must not be questioned, pressured to remove them, or turned away.
1/
December 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
We appreciate the clarification from Lakeside:
✅ medical/religious face coverings are welcome
❌ ski masks/hoods/helmets are not
Please clarity to staff/security:
Clinically Vulnerable people wearing masks must not be questioned, pressured to remove them, or turned away.
1/
✅ medical/religious face coverings are welcome
❌ ski masks/hoods/helmets are not
Please clarity to staff/security:
Clinically Vulnerable people wearing masks must not be questioned, pressured to remove them, or turned away.
1/
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⚠️LAKESIDE: Please DO NOT discriminated against Clinically Vulnerable families, who are trying to shop safely during a wave of "super flu".⚠️
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
December 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
⚠️LAKESIDE: Please DO NOT discriminated against Clinically Vulnerable families, who are trying to shop safely during a wave of "super flu".⚠️
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
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What, and I cannot emphasise this enough, the fuck.
⚠️LAKESIDE: Please DO NOT discriminated against Clinically Vulnerable families, who are trying to shop safely during a wave of "super flu".⚠️
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
December 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
What, and I cannot emphasise this enough, the fuck.
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🧵
⚠️LAKESIDE: Please DO NOT discriminated against Clinically Vulnerable families, who are trying to shop safely during a wave of "super flu".⚠️
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
December 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🧵
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Lakeside Shopping centre has a face mask ban in place. Isn’t considering clinically vulnerable customers.
⚠️LAKESIDE: Please DO NOT discriminated against Clinically Vulnerable families, who are trying to shop safely during a wave of "super flu".⚠️
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
December 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Lakeside Shopping centre has a face mask ban in place. Isn’t considering clinically vulnerable customers.
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@libertyhq.bsky.social Can you help? Masks should be encouraged not banned in this shopping centre in a fly wave!
⚠️LAKESIDE: Please DO NOT discriminated against Clinically Vulnerable families, who are trying to shop safely during a wave of "super flu".⚠️
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
December 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
@libertyhq.bsky.social Can you help? Masks should be encouraged not banned in this shopping centre in a fly wave!
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This is appalling. Discriminatory and not allowed in law anyway.
⚠️LAKESIDE: Please DO NOT discriminated against Clinically Vulnerable families, who are trying to shop safely during a wave of "super flu".⚠️
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is appalling. Discriminatory and not allowed in law anyway.
⚠️LAKESIDE: Please DO NOT discriminated against Clinically Vulnerable families, who are trying to shop safely during a wave of "super flu".⚠️
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
December 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
⚠️LAKESIDE: Please DO NOT discriminated against Clinically Vulnerable families, who are trying to shop safely during a wave of "super flu".⚠️
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
1/
It is great to see that someone is raising airborne protections for healthcare and schools in parliament.
Thank you @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social !
Thank you @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social !
Good ventilation and air filtration are critical tools in preventing respiratory infections.
The Government must assess current standards in hospitals and schools — and act where they fall short.
#Flu #Covid #Ventilation
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-1...
The Government must assess current standards in hospitals and schools — and act where they fall short.
#Flu #Covid #Ventilation
Full response 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-1...
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It is great to see that someone is raising airborne protections for healthcare and schools in parliament.
Thank you @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social !
Thank you @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social !
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⚠️NEW research:
Among pregnant people infected with Covid-19 (Delta & Omicron), vaccination was linked to:
📉 ~60% lower hospitalisations
📉 ~90% lower ICU
📉 Preterm birth risk was also lower
1/
Among pregnant people infected with Covid-19 (Delta & Omicron), vaccination was linked to:
📉 ~60% lower hospitalisations
📉 ~90% lower ICU
📉 Preterm birth risk was also lower
1/
🚨 Vaccination groups remain unchanged for Covid-19.
The JCVI have, again, failed to recommend that all Clinically Vulnerable people should be protected from the constantly evolving virus.
This goes against unchanged WHO 2024 guidance (see image).
1/
The JCVI have, again, failed to recommend that all Clinically Vulnerable people should be protected from the constantly evolving virus.
This goes against unchanged WHO 2024 guidance (see image).
1/
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
⚠️NEW research:
Among pregnant people infected with Covid-19 (Delta & Omicron), vaccination was linked to:
📉 ~60% lower hospitalisations
📉 ~90% lower ICU
📉 Preterm birth risk was also lower
1/
Among pregnant people infected with Covid-19 (Delta & Omicron), vaccination was linked to:
📉 ~60% lower hospitalisations
📉 ~90% lower ICU
📉 Preterm birth risk was also lower
1/
⚠️NEW research:
Among pregnant people infected with Covid-19 (Delta & Omicron), vaccination was linked to:
📉 ~60% lower hospitalisations
📉 ~90% lower ICU
📉 Preterm birth risk was also lower
1/
Among pregnant people infected with Covid-19 (Delta & Omicron), vaccination was linked to:
📉 ~60% lower hospitalisations
📉 ~90% lower ICU
📉 Preterm birth risk was also lower
1/
🚨 Vaccination groups remain unchanged for Covid-19.
The JCVI have, again, failed to recommend that all Clinically Vulnerable people should be protected from the constantly evolving virus.
This goes against unchanged WHO 2024 guidance (see image).
1/
The JCVI have, again, failed to recommend that all Clinically Vulnerable people should be protected from the constantly evolving virus.
This goes against unchanged WHO 2024 guidance (see image).
1/
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
⚠️NEW research:
Among pregnant people infected with Covid-19 (Delta & Omicron), vaccination was linked to:
📉 ~60% lower hospitalisations
📉 ~90% lower ICU
📉 Preterm birth risk was also lower
1/
Among pregnant people infected with Covid-19 (Delta & Omicron), vaccination was linked to:
📉 ~60% lower hospitalisations
📉 ~90% lower ICU
📉 Preterm birth risk was also lower
1/
🚨 Vaccination groups remain unchanged for Covid-19.
The JCVI have, again, failed to recommend that all Clinically Vulnerable people should be protected from the constantly evolving virus.
This goes against unchanged WHO 2024 guidance (see image).
1/
The JCVI have, again, failed to recommend that all Clinically Vulnerable people should be protected from the constantly evolving virus.
This goes against unchanged WHO 2024 guidance (see image).
1/
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
🚨 Vaccination groups remain unchanged for Covid-19.
The JCVI have, again, failed to recommend that all Clinically Vulnerable people should be protected from the constantly evolving virus.
This goes against unchanged WHO 2024 guidance (see image).
1/
The JCVI have, again, failed to recommend that all Clinically Vulnerable people should be protected from the constantly evolving virus.
This goes against unchanged WHO 2024 guidance (see image).
1/
⚠️ We didn't "Learn to live with Covid"
(or 'flu).
The public have been misinformed about the availability of protective masks.
You need to fix this @teamlabouruk.bsky.social!
#SackRitchie #Flu
(or 'flu).
The public have been misinformed about the availability of protective masks.
You need to fix this @teamlabouruk.bsky.social!
#SackRitchie #Flu
December 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
⚠️ We didn't "Learn to live with Covid"
(or 'flu).
The public have been misinformed about the availability of protective masks.
You need to fix this @teamlabouruk.bsky.social!
#SackRitchie #Flu
(or 'flu).
The public have been misinformed about the availability of protective masks.
You need to fix this @teamlabouruk.bsky.social!
#SackRitchie #Flu
Why were the public NEVER told?
NOT PROTECTIVE
"Facoverings"
Surgical masks
______
PROTECTIVE
FFP2 masks (N95 / KN95) at least 95%
FFP3 masks (N99 / KN99) at least 99%
NOT PROTECTIVE
"Facoverings"
Surgical masks
______
PROTECTIVE
FFP2 masks (N95 / KN95) at least 95%
FFP3 masks (N99 / KN99) at least 99%
The influence of Lisa Ritchie on national infection control continues to risk Clinically Vulnerable lives.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie
December 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Why were the public NEVER told?
NOT PROTECTIVE
"Facoverings"
Surgical masks
______
PROTECTIVE
FFP2 masks (N95 / KN95) at least 95%
FFP3 masks (N99 / KN99) at least 99%
NOT PROTECTIVE
"Facoverings"
Surgical masks
______
PROTECTIVE
FFP2 masks (N95 / KN95) at least 95%
FFP3 masks (N99 / KN99) at least 99%
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The influence of Lisa Ritchie on national infection control continues to risk Clinically Vulnerable lives.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie
December 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The influence of Lisa Ritchie on national infection control continues to risk Clinically Vulnerable lives.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie
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We cannot tolerate this woman still denying the science to cover her own behind for her failure to protect healthcare staff in the pandemic. #SackRitchie
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We cannot tolerate this woman still denying the science to cover her own behind for her failure to protect healthcare staff in the pandemic. #SackRitchie
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The influence of Lisa Ritchie on national infection control continues to risk Clinically Vulnerable lives.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie
December 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The influence of Lisa Ritchie on national infection control continues to risk Clinically Vulnerable lives.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie
December 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The influence of Lisa Ritchie on national infection control continues to risk Clinically Vulnerable lives.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie