Teachers and teaching unions were calling for this in Spring 2020*. Government were informed about what to do if they wanted schools fully opened asap but instead decided to publicly lambast the education sector, claiming we were trying to keep schools closed because we were lazy.

Hundreds of teachers died in the first wave. To this day, many people think none did, because govt convinced people Covid wouldn't spread in schools! Thousands are still struggling with ongoing health issues. Too many had to quit teaching because of it.

You don't need to have a diagnosis - if you live with ME, or you live with long Covid and experience ME symptoms, we would like to hear from you.

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Long Covid is now one of the biggest causes of long-term sickness in the UK.

Writing a workforce plan that never mentions it is like writing a flood report that never mentions rain.

It’s denial disguised as strategy.
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www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

9️⃣ When government reports skip Long Covid, policy blind spots multiply:

No tailored job protections

No pacing or energy-limiting work guidance

No infection control or clean air policies

No GP/employer training

It’s a cycle of neglect dressed up as reform.
#LongCovidCrisis

7️⃣ The Keep Britain Working report calls for “better data.”
But we already have data.

ONS, the Lancet, and UKHSA all show Long Covid’s ongoing impact on work, healthcare, & the economy.

This silence isn’t evidence-based - it’s political.
🔗 ifs.org.uk/publications...

5️⃣ 🧠 Long Covid isn’t a typical chronic condition. It’s multi-systemic, fluctuating & unpredictable.

People relapse with overexertion.
Old “return to work” models don’t fit & pretending they do pushes people toward permanent disability.
www.nature.com/nature-index...

4️⃣ Gov & media keep calling this a “sickness crisis” or “productivity puzzle.”

But it’s not a mystery:
Millions are ill because of a poorly managed infectious disease that hasn’t gone away.

#LongCovid is a mass disabling event still unfolding.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

3️⃣ 📊 ONS data: working-age people reporting Long Covid were 45.5% more likely to be economically inactive 30–39 weeks after infection, and 34.3% more likely at 40–51 weeks.

That’s a structural labour market shock. Ignoring it = policy blindness.
www.ons.gov.uk/releases/sel...

2️⃣ The report says:

> “There are 800,000 more people out of work due to ill health than before 2019.”

Yet it never asks what happened in 2019–2020 to cause that shift.

You can’t fix a workforce crisis while pretending the pandemic didn’t happen.
#KeepBritainWorking