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13 Feb, 5 tweets, 2 min read
#LockdownVoices

"I have only seen Mum through a window since last year… given the choice, she would rather get Covid than not be with us…"

"I have found the fact of not being able to see my Mum except at a window since last year totally unacceptable...
"She is in a care home and although the care home has been fantastic it does not compensate for not being able to be with her.

It’s crucifying for her and our family.

If given the choice she would rather get Covid than not be able to be with us.
"I’m less of a risk than the carers and nurses looking after her.

Please do something to let families in to see their loved ones… before it’s too late for some."

#EnoughIsEnough #TimeForRecovery
One of the Recovery campaign's 5 Reasonable Demands is: "Behave with humanity..."

Curbing the liberty and essential freedoms of large swaths of the population, many of whom will suffer long term consequences, is inhumane. Fear and isolation are killers in themselves.
'Lockdowns' come with terrible costs - yet there's little evidence they even work. Covid 19 is serious but we believe the 'cure' is far worse than the disease.

If you haven't already, join our campaign now to back a better way, at: timeforrecovery.org

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14 Feb
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"I'm a teacher… we can pretend otherwise, but the education of most of our kids is being severely hampered…"

"I teach in a state secondary comp. We are doing our best, and probably doing better than many local schools...
"In short, the quality of our online provision, the attendance of kids, the actual engagement of kids, the quality of education and progress, is woefully below face to face teaching.

We can pretend otherwise, but the education of most of our kids is being severely hampered...
"Those coping the best are only the most very able and most very motivated and supported.

I gather, from friends and colleagues involved in state primaries, that education there is virtually non-existent...
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13 Feb
#LockdownVoices

"Our three year old has Special Educational Needs… the whole of his life has been impaired by the bankrupt strategy of lockdown."

"My son is three years old. He is non-verbal autistic spectrum disorder and has a rare form of epilepsy...
"He used to attend a Special Educational Needs nursery where he received daily, one-to-one support, guidance and care.

He was slowly developing the traits associated with becoming verbal (more confident; indicating a desire to communicate through babbling and showing through...
"....pointing / guiding people to what he wanted).

That has all gone.

He is due to start primary school in September and we are terrified for him.

He has received no support in lockdown whatsoever...
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13 Feb
"I KNOW lockdowns are a disaster - but what can I DO about it? MPs, the BBC/big media, civil liberties groups… most have let us down."

We hear this a lot! So, please:

#1 Download our flyer here, and start by talking to one friend or colleague about it: timeforrecovery.org/take-action/
...it's precisely because institutions are failing us that getting ordinary members of the public on-side matters so much.

Be understanding. Most people have heard nothing but fear-mongering for almost a year now. They may not know some of the basic facts about C19 you do.
#2 Ensure you join our campaign here so we can keep you up to date, via email, and...

Encourage friends who have their doubts about the current approach to do the same:

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12 Feb
#LockdownVoices

"My mother, 80 years old, in palliative care keeps asking me what’s the point in continuing after being locked down for 10 months.
"She’s hard of hearing so I moved in with her for the duration.

She is most distressed that she can’t see her son, and her grandsons who live six miles up the road.

She would rather see them and take a risk than this.
"In the meantime, I’m waiting for a hospital appointment for a chronic diagnosis.

People demanding we all stay locked down obviously have no empathy for anyone outside their own circumstances – should be a personal choice."
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11 Feb
#LockdownVoices

"Lockdown ended my 20 year career… a colleague committed suicide and I’m now on anti-depressants."

"Lockdown effectively ended my 20 year career as a nightclub DJ.

A colleague from one of my venues committed suicide shortly after we went into lockdown.
"As a result of not being able to do my job I spiralled down and eventually had a mental breakdown. I’m now on anti-depressants which are helping me cope.

I’m fortunate to have a stable income from another source or I probably wouldn’t still be here.
"This week I’ve had a friend get to the same stage of wanting to commit suicide.

Lockdown is quite literally killing us. It has to end."

Just one story shared with us, but we know there are so many more, because...
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11 Feb
#LockdownVoices

"I’m a Headteacher with over 1,000 students… schools need to be open now…"

"As a Headteacher of a secondary school with over 1000 students we have no in-school transmissions and yet we remain closed...
"Situated in an area of high deprivation our child protection numbers (already high) have doubled compared to what they were last year.

So many staff and parents are paralysed with fear due to hysterical media headlines which don’t reflect their stories.
"I worry that children next year will have weakened immune systems. How will they cope with flu next year when it returns?

I worry that there will be more obesity (we have already noticed this amongst our children) and that all those ‘lost’ children will never return.
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