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Really important new info from @ScotLDO about people with COVID-19 infections and deaths amongst people with learning disabilities in Scotland.
Summary is here https://www.sldo.ac.uk/our-research/life-expectancy-and-mortality/covid-19/
Easy read summary is here https://www.sldo.ac.uk/media/1926/sldo-easy-read-summary.pdf
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Summary is here https://www.sldo.ac.uk/our-research/life-expectancy-and-mortality/covid-19/
Easy read summary is here https://www.sldo.ac.uk/media/1926/sldo-easy-read-summary.pdf
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Similar to info from England and Wales, people with learning disabilities were more than 3 times more likely to die from COVID-19 in the first peak of the pandemic than people without learning disabilities.
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Deaths from all causes (including COVID-19 and other causes of death) went up by a similar amount for people with and without learning disabilities (23% vs 21%).
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Really important new info from the @ScotLDO analysis is that people with learning disabilities were twice as likely to be infected with COVID-19 than people without learning disabilities.
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The Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities @SCLDNews have put out this statement in response to the new information.
https://www.scld.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SCLD-Data-press-statement_Feb21.pdf
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https://www.scld.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SCLD-Data-press-statement_Feb21.pdf
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