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New figures on COVID deaths of younger disabled people ‘show need for vaccine action’

By John Pring on 4th March 2021 Category: Human Rights

New figures on COVID deaths of younger disabled people ‘show need for vaccine action’
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Younger disabled people are at a far higher risk of dying from coronavirus than non-disabled people the same age, even after allowing for factors such as underlying health conditions, according to previously unreported official figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) […]

Government questioned over ‘unforgivable’ failures on vaccine priority

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government questioned over ‘unforgivable’ failures on vaccine priority
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Three separate user-led groups have questioned the government’s “unforgivable” failure to ensure that disabled people with underlying health conditions are treated as a priority for the COVID-19 vaccination programme. They fear that hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of disabled people […]

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