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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 20h

Ready to take on a challenge? 💪
Find us on @justgiving.bsky.social, @gofundme.com or start your own fundraiser on Instagram or Facebook.

Every penny helps us support children and young people living with Long Covid and related conditions.
#FundraisingFriday

#LongCovidKids

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 20h

This #FundraisingFriday we’re asking for your help - set yourself a challenge so we can reach more young people like Simon, who hasn’t been able to attend school since September 2021.

Read Simon’s full story here: www.longcovidkids.org/post/simon-s...

#LongCovidKids #LongCovid #Charity #Children

Simon says the 'better' days are harder - Long Covid Kids Real Life Stories

Simon “Most days he can barely leave the sofa, let alone the house.”The reality is, Simon hasn’t attended school since September 2021; a place where he and 23 other members of his class caught COVID-1...

www.longcovidkids.org

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you!

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 23h

The Expert Paediatric Long Covid Report requested by the UK COVID Inquiry is now available on our website.

Submitted by Dr Terry Segal and Professor Elizabeth Whittaker

www.longcovidkids.org/uk-covid-inq...

#PaediatricLongCovid #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #ExpertReport #COVIDInquiry

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

👉 Please watch Lives Interrupted to hear directly from young people living with Long Covid. Their voices, with their message, deserve to be heard.
(also on our YouTube)
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdnq5UmG/
#TikTok #CharityFilm #LivesInterrupted

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 1d

#UKHSAVirusWatch is back, a summary of our weekly winter surveillance report .🦠🧵
This week's data shows an increase in COVID-19 activity, which is circulating at medium levels. Flu activity has also increased, particularly in those aged 15 to 24, but remains at baseline levels.

Graph showing COVID-19 positive tests rising steadily from spring 2025 after a low in early 2025. Data from October 2024 to October 2025, England only.

Graph showing flu-positive tests peaking sharply in winter 2024–25 before declining and then beginning to rise again in autumn 2025. Data from October 2024 to October 2025, England only.

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

#RECOVER #LongCovidKids #Research #Reinfection
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

www.thelancet.com

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

New research shows children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of Long Covid after COVID-19 reinfection, while the @ukhsa.bsky.social reports 🦠 activity is rising and circulating at medium levels.
The risks are ongoing we cannot look away.
#LongCovidKids #LongCovid

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

The amazing Ruth, Poppy's mum, is running the #ManchesterMarathon for LCK

Poppy says:
'Please sponsor my mum because she’s the only one who understands me and always looks after me even though she’s got lots of other jobs to do.'

www.justgiving.com/page/ruth-ro...

#Running #Runner #Charity

Ruth's fundraiser for Long Covid Kids

Help Ruth Rodgers raise money to support Long Covid Kids

www.justgiving.com

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 1d

#UKHSAVirusWatch is back, a summary of our weekly winter surveillance report .🦠🧵
This week's data shows an increase in COVID-19 activity, which is circulating at medium levels. Flu activity has also increased, particularly in those aged 15 to 24, but remains at baseline levels.

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

Please help us raise awareness by sharing our film, in collaboration with Combination Dance Company, launched on the first day of the inquiry.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNV_...

#COVIDInquiry #Children #Health #Education
#Inclusion #SEND

Lives Interrupted: The Voices of Young People with Long Covid | UK COVID Inquiry | Combination Dance

YouTube video by Long Covid Kids

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

accountable and meaningful.
We’ll keep updating you as the Inquiry progresses, and we remain committed to ensuring that the lessons and answers that truly matter to you are not lost.
Thank you for your patience, your trust, and your continued support.
LCK Team
#LongCovidKids #LongCovid #Children

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

to disappointment and frustration among our members, feelings we share.
Please be assured that we continue to press for the key issues that matter most to our members, and the wider community, to be heard. Your voices, experiences, and determination are what keep this process

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

raised, or may only be addressed in a later module.
During the earlier modules, we were advised that Module 8 would provide an opportunity to raise some of the questions and concerns we had submitted. Unfortunately, this has not been the case so far, which has understandably led

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

ultimately up to the Inquiry team to decide which questions to put to witnesses, and how to frame them. They prioritise what they see as most relevant to the specific module being examined at that stage. Sometimes this means that issues we see as vital may not yet have been

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

As a core participant, our role allows us to:
Submit written questions or topics we believe should be explored.
Provide evidence, statements, and analysis to support those questions.
Receive advance disclosure of evidence.
Make opening and closing statements.
However, it is

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

(the Inquiry’s own legal team), under the direction of the Chair, Baroness Hallett. This means that neither core participants nor members of the public can directly ask questions during the hearings unless granted permission.

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

wanted to explain a bit about how the Inquiry process works, so it’s clearer why this is happening and what we’re doing about it.
The Inquiry is a statutory process, which means it operates under strict legal rules. The questioning of witnesses is led by Counsel to the Inquiry

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

🧵Understanding How the UK COVID Inquiry
Handles Questions

We know that many of you are feeling frustrated that some of the key questions we hoped would be asked in the Covid Inquiry haven’t yet been put to witnesses. We completely understand and we share that frustration.
We

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 2d

My main aim with this piece it to highlight the difficulties I face with this illness and how I will never allow it to defeat me. Always keeping positive.’

Learn more about the project in Katie’s #blog:

www.longcovidkids.org/post/self-ex...

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 2d

by using colourful colours and positive images. I also have used parts of medication packaging. I have also tried to convey multiple emotions throughout.

#LongCovid #LongCovidKids

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 2d

#LongCovidStars
🌟✨ From the artist: BMD

‘I included 2 words which describe my experience with Long Covid, as they are the most prominent. However, I wished to put a positive spin on things. Mainly because I always wish to look on the positive side of things. I did this

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Rehabilitation Science Research Network for COVID @uoftcovidrehab.bsky.social · 2d

New Event: Join us for the Fireside Chat: Deep dive into activity, movement, PESE and PEM in the context of Long COVID and Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions. Visit our website for more information and to register! tinyurl.com/33hd3r2a
@drjillcameron.bsky.social @kellyobrien25.bsky.social

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 2d

We're inviting people who've engaged with the SLCC webtool (long-covid-care.org.uk) to take part in its evaluation to help us improve the tool &make it more relevant& helpful to pw #LongCovid. This involves a short survey(10-15m)& potentially interview(if interested)
For more info: shorturl.at/ADoh0

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 3d

‘Our children are owed a significant debt by this country - a debt that demands urgent action to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing educational neglect.’

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/debt...

#Education

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