No economic sense in ending #SelfIsolation. 1 in 4 bosses say #LongCovid the main cause of sickness absence. Of UK population almost 2% are #pwLC (40% for 1-2 years). You can't fill 500,000 posts when tens of thousands a month are losing jobs to illness @longcovidwork @long_covid
At least two in three #pwLC are frontline workers (ONS, TUC, @long_covid data). @longcovidwork we hear of more and more losing jobs. There are 100,000+ vacancies in the NHS alone, doctors and nurses. Can the #NHS afford to lose more to infection and disability? @sajidjavid
Can UK schools afford to have more teachers becoming ill with #Covid each week and keep getting reinfected? Does @nadhimzahawi expect them to work while ill if #SelfIsolation ends? And how does losing more teachers to #LongCovid help the UK economy?
#Covid19 infection numbers are being driven by children. #LongCovidKids are the fastest growing #pwLC cohort (at least triple since September). UK child hospitalisations and deaths with #Covid19 are now weekly. Does creating a disabled generation boost the economy? @RishiSunak
The economic argument for ending #SelfIsolation does not add up. The @WHO states that #COVID19 is not "endemic" with #Omicron, it is still a pandemic. The UK is not "leading the world" by pretending it's over. You don't get Covid #herdimmunity by infection. You get #LongCovid
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