🧵 This autumn the UKHSA is rightly worried, as 'flu is a real risk... TLDR: Clinically Vulnerable people ALL need 'flu vaccines + antivirals this year (if symptomatic or exposed) + confused infection control guidance. If you are Clinically Vulnerable, please read on... 1/

Worryingly low 'flu vaccine uptake. Latest NHS England data: 🙋🏾‍♂️28.9% Clinically Vulnerable <65s 🤰29.7% pregnant 🥼HCWs 30.9% 🧓65+ 61.5% If we can’t reach our 'flu targets in a concerning epidemic, what hope for the private Covid protection model? - Vulnerable lives at risk!

"Clinical Vulnerability" needs to mentioned in terms of flexibility. It would be helpful to name that much more clearly. It should be explicitly mentioned in connection with a proactively supportive approach on the part of schools for the child or the family. 👏👏👏 4/

🚨Prof Gillean McCluskey (Expert in Education) Shared her thoughts on barriers faced by children in Clinically Vulnerable families. 1/

💙💜💗 If you believe in our work, we urgently need your support 💙💜💗 🌬 We have been fighting for #CleanAir since we were founded in 2020. 👪 We want to raise the voices of children facing extreme challenges. 1/2 🙏 PLS RT 🙏

🚨 CVF has launched an urgent appeal. Please don’t scroll past - donate if you can and share this post if you can't. CVF needs support now. Share widely 🙏

💔 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!

📢 Children have been bullied by adults and children, denied remote education & families threatened with fines – just for trying to stay safe in a pandemic. This is the reality for Clinically Vulnerable families. Read our new blog ahead of the #CovidInquiry children’s module👇

Clinically Vulnerable people must not be forgotten. Covid vaccines protect both individuals and NHS services for everyone. We urgently need to reach 10k. Please help! #KeepCovidBoosters 2/ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

🚨 MILLIONS of people at higher risk from diseases will lose NHS Covid vaccines this autumn. Sign + share our petition (on next post) It won't grow enough without your help to find more people. 1/ #KeepCovidBoosters

It is backward thinking to assume the NHS can *save money* by withholding Covid vaccinations from 13 million of our most vulnerable people. #KeepCovidBoosters Sign and share our petition ⬇️

#KeepCovidBoosters Can you help our petition to grow? We have had support across the country! Ask your loved ones to help you by signing. 👪Kids can sign too - if they like! 🇬🇧Brits abroad 👷‍♀️& UK residents Link on next page!

Please share our NEW blog! Also, please do use any of our images to promote this petition. #KeepCovidBoosters www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/keep-nh...

🙏Please sign and share our petition 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... ✍️ + 💕 + ♻️ = ✅ ✨NEW blog (next post)... #KeepCovidBoosters

🚨 Diabetics at risk 🚨 Type 1, and 2 diabetes account for 1 in 5 Covid deaths. Yet the UK govt plans to end NHS boosters for many vulnerable groups including diabetics. ❌ Risks have NOT gone 💰 It costs £100+ privately ✍️ Petition next, then ✨NEW blog #KeepCovidBoosters

🚨 Asthmatics at risk 🚨 The govt plans to end NHS Covid boosters for many vulnerable groups – including some with asthma (immunosuppressed will continue). ❌ Risk have not gone (other countries give them). 💰 It costs £100+ privately. ✍️ Petition on next post #KeepCovidBoosters

🫀 Heart patients at risk 🫀 The gvt plans to end NHS Covid boosters for many vulnerable groups - including heart failure & congenital heart disease ❌ Risks have NOT gone (other countries give them) 💰 It costs £100+ privately ✍️ Petition on next post #KeepCovidBoosters

MPs must reply to constituents. Even a short email makes a difference. Find your MP here: members.parliament.uk/members/comm... Vaccination is not optional for Clinically Vulnerable people - it’s enables us to participate in society more safely. 4/4 #KeepCovidBoosters

This policy risks lives, worsens inequality & adds pressure to the NHS. Flu vaccines remain free for at-risk groups - Covid vaccines should be too. 3/4 #KeepCovidBoosters

Use our template letters for: CV people docs.google.com/document/d/1... Family members docs.google.com/document/d/1... 2/4 #KepCovidBoosters

🚨 Millions of Clinically Vulnerable people are set to lose free NHS Covid vaccines this autumn. Take action: write to your MP now (5 mins) 1/4 #KeepCovidBoosters

📢 BIG NEWS!!! For the first time, the Electoral Commission has recognised the voting access needs of Clinically Vulnerable people - thanks to CVF! But we’re not done. They are running a public consultation, and we need your help! 1/🧵 #MyMaskMyVote

It is exactly 2️⃣ months until the 'Children and Young People' section of the UK Covid Inquiry. CVF has been incredibly busy prepping for months... ❓️If you were in charge, who would your top picks be to answer the big questions❓️

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

Inclusion at work means: For Clinically Vulnerable staff, it is particularly important to stay healthy. Respecting masks, improving ventilation, and investing in clean air shouldn't be seen as extras - but access. 4/ #CVAwarenessDay

Inclusion means respecting and supporting those who take precautions to protect their health. That can be as simple as supporting someone’s choice to wear a mask. 3/ #CVAwarenessDay

It would be amazing if you could add CV Awareness to your profile pic today! Details attached: 2/ #CVAwarenessDay bsky.app/profile/cvce...

🩵💜💗 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/

We’re recruiting trustees! SHH-UK supports healthcare workers with #LongCovid Find out more and apply by emailing your CV and a supporting statement detailing why you are interested in becoming a trustee and what skills you will bring to the role to [email protected].

⚠️Less than a quarter of people with the weakest immune responses took up their spring vaccines. Public health messaging has been poor. @ukhsa.bsky.social must do better!

Research now shows over 70% of Sars-CoV-2 household transmission started with children in schools. 5 years on from Covid's arrival what are we doing about airborne infections? www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

🚨 Ring Vaccination is BACK! Close contacts household of immunosuppressed people will be offered Covid vaccines again. - This strategy was controversially withdrawn before, but it’s back to protect those facing the highest risks! 1/2

Yesterday, BBC 'More Or Less' discussed pandemic impacts on Children & Young People: "It turned out that they would be spared from the worst impacts of the disease." The specific impacts on CV children, those in CV families, or struggling with Long Covid were barely considered. 1/🧵

SIGN UP HERE: www.clinicallyvulnerable.org 2/2

📢 CVF's 4TH COVID INQUIRY MEETING 6-7pm, 18th March 2025 CVF's legal team, led by Kim Harrison, will update you on our work, and our lead barrister @adamwagner1.bsky.social will address your questions. CVF's founder, @larawong.bsky.social, is looking forward to welcoming you! 1/2

🔥 "Learning to live with Covid" = Choosing to forget Read our latest article. 5 YEARS ON: ❌ No protections ❌ No support ❌ No learning We must protect people against airborne infections. We need action, not abandonment. RT if you refuse to forget! www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/learnin...

💙💜💗 We would love to connect CV households. Follow any or all of our 3 simple steps: 1. Add #FBCV to your profile 2. Use our new profile picture 3. Ask for a FB below!

The Covid Inquiry has revealed systemic failures that left Clinically Vulnerable families unprotected during the pandemic. Our latest update delves into these oversights and their lasting impact. Read more: www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/covid-i...

We should all expect 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. Individual cancer patients shouldn't have to self-advocate for basic infection prevention control.

🤔 What happens when the only measure to protect vulnerable people against Covid is taken away❓️ Millions of Clinically Vulnerable people and households will face: 📈 Hospitalisations and death 📈 Social isolation 📉 Economic impacts 1/

In terms of long-term outcomes, these must not be ignored. Clinical vulnerability: 💔 Is an accessibility issue 💔 Is an equality issue ⚖️ Our rights must be legally protected 7/

Mask wearing children in schools 56% had negative comments from pupils 47% had negative comments from staff 27% experienced physical bullying (including coughing) 29% experienced verbal bullying 6% experienced online bullying 6/

In school year 2022-23 (CVF data): 91% of families reported greater absences than their peers since March 2020. 28% of families told us they had to deregistered at some point in the past 3 years. 42% were encouraged to withdraw from schools by school or LEA staff. 5/

When compared to other groups with the highest rates of absences (2021 data), children in Clinically Vulnerable households have experienced the worst access to education. Persistent absences 2021: 80% CVF 63% Irish Traveller 56% Gypsy Roma 4/

Important context is required: NOT offering vaccines to Clinically Vulnerable children and those in CV families had a huge impact on health, mental health, socially, and educationally. 3/

CTI "It would have a disruptive or damaging effect on education and would lead to wider societal and mental health issues for them." Again, it is very broad and *not* considering our families. 2/

🚨CMO - Prof Whitty 💉12-15 Children's vaccines: BENEFITS "Small benefit to children" RISKS "even smaller, [.] never zero" "There were wider issues, and the biggest of those was [.] education." - NO mention of the impact on children in Clinically Vulnerable families! 1/ 🧵