Thread by @Sakura509

"It is not so much a plan as a pretence, where the (UK) government is abdicating responsibility for protecting its high-risk citizens by “advising” them to remove themselves from everyday life."

State discrimination against "high-risk citizens"?!?

"Levelling up"!!! 🤣🤣🤣

"The impact is already clear enough: research by the charity Scope ahead of the rule changes found only 2% of disabled people said they felt safe."

"Ministers have essentially invented unofficial shielding, asking millions of people to isolate themselves, but to do so this time without even minimal support from the state. There are now no concrete or consistent protections at work for clinically vulnerable employees."

"Supermarket priority slots have been taken away. Furlough is due to come to an end in September. When ministers launch a system of “personal responsibility” to fight coronavirus, what they’re really doing is putting all the responsibility on people at high risk."

"It is public policy based on prejudice, and has created a situation where those with underlying health conditions are seen by many as some sort of “other”. In fact, these millions of people are an integral part of the country."

All citizens are equal before the law! ⚖️

"The response to clinically vulnerable people’s concerns is often “we can’t stay in lockdown for ever”. But this is a straw man. It is not people at high risk who have led to longer lockdowns than would otherwise have been necessary, it is the government’s poor decisions."

"What is needed is low-effort, practical measures that will enable all of us – young, old, those with underlying health conditions and those without – to get on with life together as safely as possible."

"If the coronavirus crisis has taught us anything, it is that each of our actions impacts others. As the masks come off and the space recedes, those at high risk from the virus are now forced to shut themselves behind their front door once more."

"Freedom for some looks a lot like restriction for the rest."

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

LIFE means...LIVING not merely existing!

Whatever happened to 'Quality of Life'?

Surely UK Government have not overlooked this in their 'Levelling Up' agenda?

ec.europa.eu/eurostat/stati…

As with Brexit, 'Levelling Up' is not a simplistic proposal and UK Government owes it to UK citizens, to first, level up with citizens about their proposals for addressing inequalities resulting from government policies over decades.

ec.europa.eu/eurostat/stati…