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Sarah
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Socialist who is #CovidAware so still shielding & masking - MS & COPD. She/Her
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be-kind-folks.bsky.social
We cannot tolerate this woman still denying the science to cover her own behind for her failure to protect healthcare staff in the pandemic. #SackRitchie
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
The influence of Lisa Ritchie on national infection control continues to risk Clinically Vulnerable lives.

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie
December 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
📢 Clinically Vulnerable Families is delighted to announce that

"See a mask, wear a mask"

is the new protocol to support Clinically Vulnerable voters, following our advocacy efforts.

Amazing work by the @electoralcommission.org.uk !
The range of equipment and measures which could be useful in supporting voters at polling stations has been expanded to include the British Sign Language (BSL) Video Relay interpreting service and training for polling station staff on the 'see a mask, wear a mask' protocol to support clinically vulnerable voters.
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
He scammed over 1,000 people, most of whom were not wealthy - veterans, farmers, teachers, nurses, small businesses owners. Some lost everything. But he’s a rich Republican, so Trump let him get away with it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
Sign and share our petition:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Read in full:
inews.co.uk/news/68-diab...

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Petition: Fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people – keep covid boosters
'Protect the NHS' and 'Save Lives' by continuing to fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people, including most previously shielded as CEV, rather than limiting them to over-75s, care hom...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
Missed this by @felixkarmstrong.bsky.social

"The 68-year-old from Hertfordshire works as a Santa in Christmas grottos and fears he will catch Covid-19 from the hundreds of children he will see each day because he cannot yet afford to buy a Covid jab privately."

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I'm 68 and have diabetes - I need the Covid jab but can't afford it' Clifford Clarkson fears catching Covid-19 after the NHS changed the eligibility rules for the vaccine Clifford Clarkson is worried about getting Covid at work Felix Armstrong Image: headshot of white older man wearing brown cowboy style hat and camouflage jacket with grass behind.
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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sarahalba.bsky.social
This year I had to pay privately for a covid vaccination, but I am fortunate that I was able to afford that. Many can't and quite frankly shouldn't have to. Please sign and share.
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
Imagine if the @ukhsa.bsky.social had posted this....

Perhaps the impending winter crisis would be reduced or averted, and people would be healthier?
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 10h Wearing a mask in crowded indoor settings this fall can protect you and others from COVID-19, flu, and RSV, even if you don't have symptoms. Well-fitting masks, like N95s, KN95s, or KF94s provide the best protection: on.nyc.gov/3U2bq5n Wear a Mask This Fall NYC Health Image of 2 yellow emoji people. One wearing a respirator and happy and the other sneezing on a US subway strain with leaves blowing out the windows and a NYC skyline.
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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cvcev.bsky.social
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Vulnerable patients at risk after more than half of NHS staff fail to get flu jab
Just a third of health staff had the flu jab last year, leading to fears that vulnerable patients will catch the virus in hospital
inews.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
"Flu vaccine uptake has been falling every year for the past four years, leaving vulnerable patients at greater risk of the infection, health experts have warned."
Vulnerable patients at risk after more than half of NHS staff fail to get flu jab Just a third of health staff had the flu jab last year, leading to fears that vulnerable patients will catch the virus in hospital Efforts to encourage health staff to get the flu jab have been redoubled this year (Photo: Getty)
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
We would love to hear your feedback, and we’ll do our best to answer any questions you have.

With:
@adamwagner1.bsky.social KC, Kim Harrison, Shane Smith, Hayley Douglas, Lameesa Iqbal, and Margherita Cornaglia.

Sign up via our website:
Clinicallyvulnerable.org

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Clinically Vulnerable Families | Support | Work School & Lives
Clinically Vulnerable Families provides information and support for people who are clinically vulnerable to Covid-19 and those in their households. The group is scientific / evidence-based. There is a...
Clinicallyvulnerable.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
📢UK Covid-19 Inquiry Legal Team Meeting

If you are from a Clinically Vulnerable household, do join us on Thursday.

We will be discussing Modules 8 (Children) and 10 (Impact on Society).

✍️ Sign up today!

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27 NOV UK Covid-19 Inquiry CVF Legal team meeting Clinically Vulnerable Families members are invited to our UK Covid-19 Inquiry update 6-7pm Thursday 27th November Slater + Gordon Lawyers Doughty Street Chambers (images of the lawyers)
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
CVF is powered by people like you.

Please support our work, if you can! 🙏💕

www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/donate

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Donate | CV Families
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November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
"but when it is safe enough for the most vulnerable, it's safe enough for everyone.

We therefore welcome the recommendation to improve how the impact of decisions on those most at risk is considered in future emergencies.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
"Clinically Vulnerable people shoulder a disproportionate burden of serious illness and death, yet we were invisible in decision-making. Our safety from airborne viruses in high-risk environments has never been fully considered, and our different needs have been widely ignored

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November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
However, unless Clinically Vulnerable people are finally recognised as a distinct group in equalities law, these failures are destined to be repeated in the next crisis.”

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November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
Statement on behalf of Clinically Vulnerable Families:

“When the Inquiry scrutinised how the government made its biggest pandemic decisions, Clinically Vulnerable people - those most at risk - were not involved in the process.

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UK COVID-19 INQUIRY MODULE 2 REPORT - STATEMENT “When the Inquiry scrutinised how the government made its biggest pandemic decisions, Clinically Vulnerable people - those most at risk - were not involved in the process. Clinically Vulnerable people shoulder a disproportionate burden of serious illness and death, yet we were invisible in decision-making. Our safety from airborne viruses in high-risk environments has never been fully considered, and our different needs have been widely ignored - but when it is safe enough for the most vulnerable, it's safe enough for everyone. We therefore welcome the recommendation to improve how the impact of decisions on those most at risk is considered in future emergencies. However, unless Clinically Vulnerable people are finally recognised as a distinct group in equalities law, these failures are destined to be repeated in the next crisis.”
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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richardsedgley.bsky.social
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris

Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
scooternan.bsky.social
The plan to take jewellery from refugees is a new low for the Labour government. Reverse this inhumane policy. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/refugees-jew...
Petition: Taking refugees’ jewellery: stop the cruelty
I’ve just signed to support this campaign – join me
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November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
For some, the first 48 hrs of 'flu are critical.

Call your GP or 111 for treatment if you receive an NHS 'flu vaccine based on risk, even if you have only been exposed.

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November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
"In conclusion, there are no easy answers to the issues identified in this module... but if you focus on SAFETY, SUPPORT, and STATUS, that would go a long way to protecting Clinically Vulnerable families, now, and in the future."

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October 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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cvcev.bsky.social
CVF are increasingly concerned as Clinically Vulnerable individuals continue to face greater risks.

Nye Bevan (Labour), NHS founder, believed that healthcare should be free at the point of use.

inews.co.uk/news/health/...

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NHS under pressure to expand Covid jab rollout after hidden benefits revealed
Research suggests that mRNA Covid jabs could improve cancer outcomes
inews.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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cvcev.bsky.social
"Ministers are under pressure to U-turn on the decision to limit access to the Covid vaccine over fears it is creating a two-tier healthcare system as demand for private jabs soars."

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NHS under pressure to expand Covid jab rollout after hidden benefits revealed Research suggests that mRNA Covid jabs could improve cancer outcomes It is understood that some 13 million people who were eligible for a booster in autumn 2024 can no longer get the jab for free via the NHS (Photo: Kirsty O'Connor/PA) Alannah Francis Senior Reporter October 26, 2025 12:00 pm (Updated 12:34 pm)
October 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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cvcev.bsky.social
📊 Post vaccination data is clear that immunosuppression and age are NOT the only risk factors for Covid-19.

ONLY those conditions marked green qualify for vaccines (unless on immunosuppressants / o75).

- Show your MP!!!!
Most risk at the top: Down's syndrome ✅️ Solid organ transplant CKD Stage 4 CKD Stage 5 ✅️ Immunosuppressant ✅️Bone marrow or stem cell transplant Dementia Sickle cell or ✅️ severe combined immunodeficiency Pulmonary hypertension ✅️ Blood or bone marrow cancer Parkinson's disease COPD Motor neurone disease or MS Cerebral palsy Liver cirrhosis Heart failure Chemotherapy Diabetes Type 1 Lung or oral cancer Peripheral vascular disease Cystic fibrosis or bronchiectasis Anti-leukotriene or LABA Thrombosis or pulmonary embolus Epilepsy Stroke or TIA Atrial fibrillation CKD Stage 3 ✅️ Prednisolone ✅️ Radiotherapy Coronary heart disease Rheumatoid arthritis or SLE Prior fracture Diabetes Type 2 Congenital heart disease Severe mental illness Asthma Learning disability
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
Modern capitalism is not as different to slavery as we think.
Capitalism has reduced the vast majority of human beings to a condition of following someone else's orders who no control over their own circumstances that for most of human history would have been seen as fit only for slaves.
October 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM