Excellent to see ME highlighted on the front page of @guardian today, alongside other disabled people left off vaccine priority lists.
People who have been house and bedbound for years being deprioritised is unacceptable.
#MyalgicE #COVID19 #Vaccine https://twitter.com/DrFrancesRyan/status/1360348607476621315
People who have been house and bedbound for years being deprioritised is unacceptable.
#MyalgicE #COVID19 #Vaccine https://twitter.com/DrFrancesRyan/status/1360348607476621315
Find this important article by @DrFrancesRyan here:
#MyalgicE #COVID19 #Vaccine https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/12/charities-urge-clarity-over-who-qualifies-for-next-uk-vaccine-wave?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#MyalgicE #COVID19 #Vaccine https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/12/charities-urge-clarity-over-who-qualifies-for-next-uk-vaccine-wave?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
So important to put a face to some of the individuals this is affecting, like Marie from Suffolk who has #MyalgicE.
These decisions will impact so many. https://twitter.com/DrFrancesRyan/status/1360512086279942144?s=20
These decisions will impact so many. https://twitter.com/DrFrancesRyan/status/1360512086279942144?s=20
As Marie says: "Previous infections of this nature have knocked me off my feet for months at best, caused permanent damage at worst."
#MyalgicE #COVID19 #Vaccine
#MyalgicE #COVID19 #Vaccine
Marie goes on to say: "I fully support those whose lives are more at risk than mine being ahead of me in the queue, but at some point people for whom coronavirus would significantly affect pre-existing conditions have to be prioritised."
We agree.
#MyalgicE #COVID19 #Vaccine
We agree.
#MyalgicE #COVID19 #Vaccine
To read the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation's response to us, and for links to template letters to send to your GP asking to be placed in group 6 of the vaccine prioritisation list see here.
#MyalgicE #COVID19 #Vaccine https://www.meaction.net/2021/02/12/uk-covid-19-vaccine-priority-and-template-letters/
#MyalgicE #COVID19 #Vaccine https://www.meaction.net/2021/02/12/uk-covid-19-vaccine-priority-and-template-letters/