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This is an extremely important updated report from the UK where they are tracking #COVID19 mortality risk in disabled people from @ONS - We cannot compare their findings to our findings in Canada because we have failed to take a disability lens in our tracking efforts here... 1/n https://twitter.com/ONS/status/1359797081276358658
"If we don't count, they don't count." They are counting in the UK and they are reporting higher rates of death with multiple contributors. They also compare rates in first and second waves and patterns are similar... 2/n
@ONS explains "This means that no single factor explains the considerably raised risk of death involving COVID-19 among disabled people, and place of residence, socio-economic and geographical circumstances, and pre-existing health conditions all play a part.."; 3/n
"An important part of the raised risk is because disabled people are disproportionately exposed to a range of generally disadvantageous circumstances compared with non-disabled people. " .. 4/n
Included in report is a subanalysis on what's happening for ppl with "learning disability" or what we refer to in Canada as either intellectual or developmental disability. These data are based on diagnoses made by physicians in admin data and findings are deeply concerning...5/n
Even after adjusting for group living (biggest contributor), age, socio-economic and geographic circumstances, and pre-existing health conditions, risk of death is still 1.7 times greater - @chrishattoncedr gives a great summary/interpretation here: https://twitter.com/chrishattoncedr/status/1359820368706498560
