Shannon Banks
@shannonleebanks.bsky.social
Reposted by Shannon Banks
This win is built on the Public Sector Equality Duty – a right across public services.
We are encouraging its use to secure adjustments for Clinically Vulnerable people in healthcare, education, and beyond, using our simple template letter:
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www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/how-cli...
We are encouraging its use to secure adjustments for Clinically Vulnerable people in healthcare, education, and beyond, using our simple template letter:
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www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/how-cli...
“I just wanted to vote safely”: How Clinically Vulnerable voters have changed national guidance to allow accessible voting for Clinically Vulnerable people
When Andrea Barrett set out to vote, she wasn’t expecting to become a case study in how our democracy had failed Clinically Vulnerable people.
Andrea lives with a health condition that means Covid was...
www.clinicallyvulnerable.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This win is built on the Public Sector Equality Duty – a right across public services.
We are encouraging its use to secure adjustments for Clinically Vulnerable people in healthcare, education, and beyond, using our simple template letter:
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www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/how-cli...
We are encouraging its use to secure adjustments for Clinically Vulnerable people in healthcare, education, and beyond, using our simple template letter:
6/
www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/how-cli...
Reposted by Shannon Banks
🥳 This is a HUGE win for CVF!
- Safe access to public buildings is a right!
As a consequence of our advocacy, national voting guidance has been updated to:
✅ Improve ventilation
✅ Add air filters
✅ “See a mask, wear a mask”
* VERY IMPORTANT THREAD *
PLEASE SHARE!
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- Safe access to public buildings is a right!
As a consequence of our advocacy, national voting guidance has been updated to:
✅ Improve ventilation
✅ Add air filters
✅ “See a mask, wear a mask”
* VERY IMPORTANT THREAD *
PLEASE SHARE!
1/
December 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🥳 This is a HUGE win for CVF!
- Safe access to public buildings is a right!
As a consequence of our advocacy, national voting guidance has been updated to:
✅ Improve ventilation
✅ Add air filters
✅ “See a mask, wear a mask”
* VERY IMPORTANT THREAD *
PLEASE SHARE!
1/
- Safe access to public buildings is a right!
As a consequence of our advocacy, national voting guidance has been updated to:
✅ Improve ventilation
✅ Add air filters
✅ “See a mask, wear a mask”
* VERY IMPORTANT THREAD *
PLEASE SHARE!
1/
Reposted by Shannon Banks
💔 Clinically Vulnerable Families, including children, are still being left behind.
We're fighting for clean air, vaccines, antivirals, legal recognition etc. - but we can’t keep going without your help!
Every £ supports our work.
Please donate if you can🙏 & share if you can't.
Thank you!
We're fighting for clean air, vaccines, antivirals, legal recognition etc. - but we can’t keep going without your help!
Every £ supports our work.
Please donate if you can🙏 & share if you can't.
Thank you!
September 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
💔 Clinically Vulnerable Families, including children, are still being left behind.
We're fighting for clean air, vaccines, antivirals, legal recognition etc. - but we can’t keep going without your help!
Every £ supports our work.
Please donate if you can🙏 & share if you can't.
Thank you!
We're fighting for clean air, vaccines, antivirals, legal recognition etc. - but we can’t keep going without your help!
Every £ supports our work.
Please donate if you can🙏 & share if you can't.
Thank you!
Five years ago those of us in the IC/CEV community started shielding. Today many of us still are. The UK government had opportunities to protect us but they didn’t. Thank you Dame Kate Bingham for your honesty. #cev #immunocompromised #leftbehind #lupus
🚨Dame Kate Bingham🚨
Dubbed the "hero in a pink jacket 💕"
On Evusheld:
"I felt very strongly [.]. We were following a very clear 2 tier strategy where the CV immunocompromised were being deprioritised [.] I felt that was *manifestly* wrong both ethically and morally [.]"
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Dubbed the "hero in a pink jacket 💕"
On Evusheld:
"I felt very strongly [.]. We were following a very clear 2 tier strategy where the CV immunocompromised were being deprioritised [.] I felt that was *manifestly* wrong both ethically and morally [.]"
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January 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Five years ago those of us in the IC/CEV community started shielding. Today many of us still are. The UK government had opportunities to protect us but they didn’t. Thank you Dame Kate Bingham for your honesty. #cev #immunocompromised #leftbehind #lupus
Reposted by Shannon Banks
KB "I felt strongly that we should have governance over the neutralising antibodies because there are a portion on people in the UK who are immunocompromised."
"It was part of our original mandate."
"to protect all those people *including* the immunocompromised."
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"It was part of our original mandate."
"to protect all those people *including* the immunocompromised."
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January 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
KB "I felt strongly that we should have governance over the neutralising antibodies because there are a portion on people in the UK who are immunocompromised."
"It was part of our original mandate."
"to protect all those people *including* the immunocompromised."
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"It was part of our original mandate."
"to protect all those people *including* the immunocompromised."
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Reposted by Shannon Banks
'We may give somebody a powerful medication that takes away their entire immune system. Then in order to get medical care, they have to go to a hospital where they sit next to people that are unmasked...'
@theodorepak @mgh_id @Salon
www.salon.com/2023/10/05/m...
@theodorepak @mgh_id @Salon
www.salon.com/2023/10/05/m...
October 6, 2023 at 8:14 PM
'We may give somebody a powerful medication that takes away their entire immune system. Then in order to get medical care, they have to go to a hospital where they sit next to people that are unmasked...'
@theodorepak @mgh_id @Salon
www.salon.com/2023/10/05/m...
@theodorepak @mgh_id @Salon
www.salon.com/2023/10/05/m...
Reposted by Shannon Banks
England data latest:
12,187 People tested positive in last 7 days
Up to and including 23 Sep 2023
Up 13.7% on previous 7 days.
3,047 Patients admitted in last 7 days
Up to and including 22 Sep 2023
Up 10.2% on previous 7 days.
📢#CovidIsAirborne, an airborne virus, it’s not over.
12,187 People tested positive in last 7 days
Up to and including 23 Sep 2023
Up 13.7% on previous 7 days.
3,047 Patients admitted in last 7 days
Up to and including 22 Sep 2023
Up 10.2% on previous 7 days.
📢#CovidIsAirborne, an airborne virus, it’s not over.
September 30, 2023 at 5:27 PM
England data latest:
12,187 People tested positive in last 7 days
Up to and including 23 Sep 2023
Up 13.7% on previous 7 days.
3,047 Patients admitted in last 7 days
Up to and including 22 Sep 2023
Up 10.2% on previous 7 days.
📢#CovidIsAirborne, an airborne virus, it’s not over.
12,187 People tested positive in last 7 days
Up to and including 23 Sep 2023
Up 13.7% on previous 7 days.
3,047 Patients admitted in last 7 days
Up to and including 22 Sep 2023
Up 10.2% on previous 7 days.
📢#CovidIsAirborne, an airborne virus, it’s not over.