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"My average patient is previously very fit, very successful, and desperate to get back to normal life... The people I’m looking at are actually incredibly motivated, the movers and shakers of society, and we lose them to our detriment," Dr Ben Sinclair
#LongCovid
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
#LongCovid
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘We’re losing decades of our life to this illness’: long Covid patients on the fear of being forgotten
Five years on from March 2020, millions of people still face debilitating symptoms, with huge repercussions on public health and productivity. But politicians are starting to pretend the pandemic neve...
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"My average patient is previously very fit, very successful, and desperate to get back to normal life... The people I’m looking at are actually incredibly motivated, the movers and shakers of society, and we lose them to our detriment," Dr Ben Sinclair
#LongCovid
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
#LongCovid
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The timing to release the details of horrendous cuts to #DisabilityBenefits during #LongCovidAwarenessWeek shows particular callousness.
5 yrs of the greatest mass disabling event in modern times, that is breaking society.
Shows an inhumane level of disconnect & state violence.
5 yrs of the greatest mass disabling event in modern times, that is breaking society.
Shows an inhumane level of disconnect & state violence.
“Every time you see a headline on “the cost of the benefits bill”, what you are really reading is “the cost of disabled people”.
My col. on Labour’s reported benefit cuts and the toxic narrative of the “moral” virtue of work. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on Labour’s reported benefit cuts and the toxic narrative of the “moral” virtue of work. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a shameful tradition of demonising disabled people. Why is Labour reigniting it? | Frances Ryan
Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The timing to release the details of horrendous cuts to #DisabilityBenefits during #LongCovidAwarenessWeek shows particular callousness.
5 yrs of the greatest mass disabling event in modern times, that is breaking society.
Shows an inhumane level of disconnect & state violence.
5 yrs of the greatest mass disabling event in modern times, that is breaking society.
Shows an inhumane level of disconnect & state violence.