Dr. Cathy Finnis shared her vulnerable daughter's experience trying to get hold of a vaccine before she started school. She also explains the need to restore the vaccine offer to include all Clinically Vulnerable people. 4/

Next, @shannonleebanks.bsky.social shared her personal story involving her damage from the AstraZeneca vaccine, and her ongoing - unaddressed - high risks. 3/

And Sarah Steven explains the struggles her family went through whilst trying to access antivirals in a broken system. 5/

Six years of being ignored. Yesterday that changed... Four CVF members set the record straight. Starting with @larawong.bsky.social sharing our official statement: 1/

@cvcev.bsky.social have been let down by lack of safe access to vaccines, changing rules made on cost grounds which means many of us are not eligible for a booster, and huge problems in accessing anti virals in time. Head of CVF Lara Wong is calling for a meeting with the health secretary

The UK Covid Inquiry (Module 3) confirms what we lived through - an overstretched system, unsafe care, and lives put at risk. Our voices were ignored! We need accountability, reform, and protection for those most at risk - before the next crisis hits... 1/2 HT @gillianrs.bsky.social

The Covid inquiry acknowledged many of Clinically Vulnerable Families key points. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlkJ...

The Covid Inquiry Module 3 report has ordered that: “In future, guidance should assume that ALL plausible routes of transmission are possible until sufficient evidence proves otherwise.” There are no excuses anymore. The govt MUST NOT make the same mistakes again. We MUST learn from the past.

Students and others, we don’t know if meningococcal disease can spread through the air. I see some of you in the outbreak zone are wearing masks. If you want to maximise your protection against a *possible* airborne threat, wear a *respirator* (FFP2 or - better - FFP3). These are ~N95/N99 in USA.

See under "airborne organisms" here: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK531...

Agreed! Clean air is something I've long campaigned on.

This Clinically Vulnerable Families member, and teacher, was asked to work in a room without windows or ventilation. Sadly, this *important* aspect was missing from her impact video. Mental health is given as the reason, but it was caused by unaddressed physical health risks.

🚨We need your help! PLEASE share our message. ♻️ More details below... 1/

I wonder how this will be reported in the UK media. How much 'both sides' we will wake up to in the Today programme or on GB News.

It turns out that just one BIG share can change *everything* for a petition. Please help protect vaccine access for Clinically Vulnerable people by tagging people who could amplify. - ONLY 6 WEEKS LEFT! - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

So, we ask that Lakeside urgently reconsiders this harmful policy. Let people protect their health without being turned away. Public spaces must be safe and accessible for all! 6/

⚠️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/

The influence of Lisa Ritchie on national infection control continues to risk Clinically Vulnerable lives. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go! #Flu #SackRitchie

⚠️Despite *significant* and long-term financial impacts, Clinically Vulnerable people are not represented at the UK Covid Inquiry. Questions are seriously lacking without our input. #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #Budget #AutumnBudget 1/3🧵

📢 Clinically Vulnerable Families is delighted to announce that "See a mask, wear a mask" is the new protocol to support Clinically Vulnerable voters, following our advocacy efforts. Amazing work by the @electoralcommission.org.uk !

The exclusion of people with MND from automatic eligibility for a Covid booster is not only medically indefensible, it is economically disproportionate. See yesterdays statement signed by Professor Ammar-Al-Chalabi and other leading neurology consultants. united2endmnd.org/2025/11/14/c...

For some, the first 48 hrs of 'flu are critical. Call your GP or 111 for treatment if you receive an NHS 'flu vaccine based on risk, even if you have only been exposed. ❤️+ ♻️ + bookmark [You may save / share our image]

Share far and wide! 🇦🇺 Australia is looking into future-proofing their air. 💨 Why aren't others?

Here is my blog on the recent Covid Inquiry hearings - module 8 Children & Young People. It highlights how clinically vulnerable children/households are ignored, indeed punished for needing to stay safe. Change is needed: improved safety; support and status. livingonplagueisland.blog/2025/11/03/t...

Please sign and share our petition to ##KeepCovidBoosters 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

⚠️ Spot the UK on the @who.int map of hospitalisations and ICU admissions due to Covid. ...Then, explain whether the UK's vaccination strategy is working? #KeepCovidBoosters Clinically Vulnerable people are at risk!

CTI "Is there anything you think we can learn from your experience[...]?" IM "We also need to plan for a pandemic that also high-risks to children, and of course children didn't come out unscathed from this." 5/

"In conclusion, there are no easy answers to the issues identified in this module... but if you focus on SAFETY, SUPPORT, and STATUS, that would go a long way to protecting Clinically Vulnerable families, now, and in the future." 13/

CVF💙💜💗's Closing Statement ⚠️SAFETY - Schools must be made safe. 👩‍🏫SUPPORT - Children must be given appropriate support to continue their education at home. 🛡️STATUS - Clinical Vulnerability must be recognised as a distinct group in the Equality Act. 1/ @adamwagner1.bsky.social KC

🚨Gavin Williamson former Education Secretary Sadly, there were no inquiry questions of CVF's children but we had 8 mins of questioning. However, Gavin did raise them - without prompting. Do watch the highlights! 1/

Exactly. Cathy and many people I know from the CV community are completely well informed, well balanced rational people who navigate the appalling situation facing those who need to avoid catching COVID with aplomb. I am proud to know them

Over 12 million people previously eligible will be denied a COVID booster this Autumn. This is cruel, dangerous and creates a two tier health system benefiting clinically vulnerable people and their households who can pay for a private jab livingonplagueisland.blog/2025/06/30/a...

CVF has been collaborating with the Electoral Commission and has requested clarification on this point. However, because the legislation isn’t published, they can’t comment yet. 2/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

Inclusion in education: For Clinically Vulnerable children and those in CV families, attending school shouldn’t mean risking their health. 💨 Clean air 😷 Respect for masks Children are among those most frequently challenged for mask wearing. 5/ #CVAwarenessDay

🩵💜💗 July 19 = Clinically Vulnerable Awareness Day 4 yrs ago, “Freedom Day” left millions behind. For CV people, it wasn’t freedom but exclusion. Health and safety should be inclusive rights, not a privilege. Show solidarity: Share a masked selfie with #CVAwarenessDay 1/

Please sign. By agreeing to the wrongheaded, partial advice from the JCVI, the government refuses to vaccinate clinically vulnerable people at serious risk of serious illness if they catch Covid. Please sign this petition asking for the release of spare vaccine doses chng.it/QVL8XCVtdd

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Ondine did such a huge job to get recognition for all with Long Covid👇

Please can we have a bluesky 🌊 of reposts. Last day to try to get 3,000 signatures to help keep everyone safer in healthcare. Especially Cancer patients and elderly. Please sign our petition below 🙏

Please sign the petition. Everyone should have the right to feel and be safe in medical settings petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

RFK Jr. has BLOCKED me on Threads. I can't search or view his profile anymore. All because I asked him to resign as HHS Secretary. This is what happens when you speak the TRUTH. But I won’t be silent. I will continue exposing the Trump administration’s failures no matter the cost.

This article is the reality of the situation. www.nursingtimes.net/respiratory/...

Read and weep.

Terrifying

A massive thank you to the young people who shared their experiences and voices in order to raise awareness #LongCovidAwarenessDay

5 short Stories of people still impacted by the pandemic - Long Covid and the impact it has on their partner - A mother with an autistic child due to education issues from lockdown - A fathers death -Someone CV - PTSD from all the deaths www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

This is excellent. Thank you @francesryan.bsky.social

Secretary of State, Wes Streeting, recently announced that thousands of jobs are to be axed from the NHS. Hopefully, between them, he and Sir Jim will resolve the crisis of incompetence and indifference to health and safety legislation which pervades senior management in NHS/IPC.

Sir Jim recently posted this message: “I have been asked by Government if I would lead the NHS through its transition from the current crisis to getting back on its feet, as transition CEO of NHS England... Sir Jim - please recognise that the 'current crisis' is being fuelled by flawed IPC 🙏

🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔 🔔 🔔 Chief Nursing Officers 🔔 reply to CATA 🔔 🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔 CATA wrote to the 4 Nations Chief Nursing Officers in October last year. www.bapen.org.uk/pdfs/covid-1...

I felt compelled to make this point. After the breakneck, remarkable, nationwide transformation of the NHS – unprecedented in its 70 year history – it astounds me that basic lessons about managing airborne infectious diseases like Covid are STILL, today, not being acted upon by the NHS: