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Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 Profile picture
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Oct 31 • 13 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
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Less than 8 months ago, back when the Tories were still in charge, a Labour MP stood up in parliament to ask a VERY important question…

He demanded to know what assessment the government had made of Long Covid on the workforce.

That MP was Andrew Gwynne (@GwynneMP)…

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Less than 4 months later, Labour won the election…

…and that MP, Andrew Gwynne, became our Minister for Public Health.

He was recently asked to answer a very similar question to the one he had posed back in March.

His reply was utterly disappointing.

questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi…Image
I find it hard to comprehend that he STILL hasn’t assessed the economic impact of Long Covid.

According to the huge GP-Patient Survey (July 2024, ~700K respondents), 4.6% of the population are now suffering from Long Covid.

That’s equivalent to 3.1 MILLION people across the UK! Image
And according to the latest ONS Covid Infection Survey (March 2024), 29% of those with Long Covid reported that their symptoms had started within the previous year.

In other words, nearly A THIRD of people suffering from Long Covid are NEW cases which started since March 2023. Image
The recent UK LOCOMOTION study revealed that:

🚨52% of those with Long Covid had reduced working hours or stopped working altogether.

🚨On average, work lost to each Long Covid sufferer cost £11K (equivalent to £5.7 BILLION if scaled up across the UK).

evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/how-much… x.com/nihrevidence/s…Image
And this report published by @TheEconomist estimated that the overall economic burden of Long Covid in the UK was around $15.5 BILLION.

impact.economist.com/perspectives/h…Image
Wouldn’t you think that these reports might cause the government to want to dig a little deeper into the causes of the sudden rise in long-term sickness in the UK since the start of the ongoing Covid pandemic? Image
As BBC Health reporter, @jim_reed, says in the attached clip from @bbc5live this week:

“Almost every expert out there thinks <Long Covid> is now a very important factor in explaining why we’ve seen this rise over the past 4-5 years in people who are off work long-term sick”.
I just wish that Andrew Gwynne (@GwynneMP) could listen to himself speaking in Parliament on this exact topic less than 8 months ago.

He knew back then…

…so why is he ignoring it now?
@GwynneMP Back in 2022, Andrew Gwynne authored an article in The House where he wrote:

“If the government does not start tackling long Covid, it will impact everything… The problem is vast, challenging & cannot be ignored.”

politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…Image
@GwynneMP I just wish that the Andrew from the past could have a word with the Andrew of today….

@GwynneMP
@GwynneMP He doesn’t even need to commission a new study to look into this.

The work has already been done!

There are numerous studies from around the world which have analysed the enormous & undeniable impact of Long Covid on the workforce:



h/t @CarlvKeirsbilck medium.com/@carlvank/coro…
@GwynneMP @CarlvKeirsbilck This article was written over 2 years ago.

Governments were ignoring ‘the Greatest Mass-Disabling Event in Human History’ back then.

Two years down the line, we’re seeing the consequences play out in real-time…

…and yet they’re STILL ignoring it now.

time.com/6213103/us-gov…Image

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Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 Profile picture
Oct 31
A TALE OF TWO STUDIES…

Two studies have assessed how the cumulative risk of developing Long Covid increases with each Covid infection.

Both studies independently produced almost identical figures, showing that the risk of developing Long Covid rises to ~37% after 3 infections. Image
1️⃣ STATISTICS CANADA COVID-19 HEALTH & ANTIBODY SURVEY (Dec 2023)

According to this study, the cumulative risk of developing Long Covid is:

🚨15% after 1 infection

🚨25% after 2 infections

🚨38% after 3+ infections.

www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-… x.com/_catinthehat/s…Image
2️⃣ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH QUEBEV (INSPQ) SURVEY OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE WORKERS

According to this study, the cumulative risk of developing Long Covid is:

🚨13% after 1 infection

🚨23% after 2 infections

🚨37% after 3+ infections.

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/21163…Image
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Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 Profile picture
Oct 28
Let’s cut to the chase here…

1️⃣ NHS Staff Sickness Absences are still SIGNIFICANTLY higher than pre-pandemic.

2️⃣ The waves of NHS Staff Absences align almost perfectly with the waves of Covid.

If you want to fix the NHS, start by mitigating the transmission of Covid. Image
These charts are courtesy of @1goodtern who, as usual, has done some excellent analysis of the raw data.

His first thread is attached above.

Here’s his second thread which takes a look at the correlation between NHS Staff absences & the waves of Covid hospitalisations.
This really isn’t rocket science.

If you have lots of highly-infectious Covid patients in hospital and lots of unmasked healthcare workers on poorly-ventilated wards, then of course lots of them will end up catching Covid.

It shouldn’t really need spelling out like this.
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Oct 27
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO JOE WICKS
(@thebodycoach)

Dear Joe,

You posted a question on Twitter yesterday:

“What’s your biggest barrier to getting fitter”.

I wonder if you were surprised about the overwhelming feedback in the comments…?

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Sadly, to those of us paying attention, it was no surprise at all.

No one talks about Covid anymore...

…but meanwhile, MILLIONS of people are suffering, many bedridden behind closed doors.

The GP-Patient Survey recently revealed that 4.6% of the population have Long Covid. Image
🚨4.6% of the population suffering from Long Covid.

That’s equivalent to 3.1 MILLION people across the UK!

And a further 9.4% said they weren’t sure. (Perhaps because they never tested at the time of their initial Covid infection so are struggling to get a formal diagnosis). Image
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Oct 26
If you’re a UK healthcare worker who is appalled by the inadequate IPC guidance in healthcare, please sign this ‘Vote of No Confidence in Dr Lisa Ritchie, Deputy Director for IPC at NHS England.

✍🏻Click the link below to digitally sign the letter ⬇️

forms.office.com/pages/response… x.com/workingwithlc/…Image
For details about why you should consider signing this letter, pls read my 🧵 below which contains a series of short clips from Dr Ritchie’s recent testimony at the Covid Inquiry.

The evidence she gave is extremely concerning & continues to have far-reaching consequences today. Image
And if you’re still not convinced, then here’s another big thread which explains exactly why you *should* care - especially if you’re a healthcare worker.
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Oct 26
LONG COVID in HEALTHCARE WORKERS

A new study from KCL has revealed that:

🚨 34% of healthcare workers in England are now suffering from Long Covid.

In this thread 🧵, I take a deep dive into the implications of this shocking statistic…

kcl.ac.uk/news/long-covi…Image
In July 2023, The BMA published a report which presented the results of a survey of doctors with Long Covid.

It concluded:

“The impact on doctors' ability to work is considerable & devasting, with nearly 1 in 5 responding doctors left unable to work.”

bma.org.uk/media/7318/bma…Image
When you put these two stats together, the implications are immense.

🚨 A THIRD of healthcare workers in England have Long Covid.

🚨Nearly 1 in 5 doctors with Long Covid (18%) are no longer working.

➡️ Potentially 6% of all doctors are no longer able to work due to Long Covid. Image
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Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 Profile picture
Oct 22
⚠️NEW UKHSA DASHBOARD⚠️

Its prime purpose appears to be to minimise the impact of Covid.

Why else would this ⬇️ be your landing page?
▪️Positivity rate for flu & RSV
▪️Cases for Covid

Come on @UKHSA, this isn’t clever or funny.

Why not show comparable metrics?

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…because when you *do* show comparable metrics, it’s not nearly such a rosy story in terms of the current Covid situation, is it?

Can someone please remind me what the point of a ‘Health Security Agency’ is?

Isn’t it to keep the public informed about potential health risks? Image
Why on earth are UKHSA trying to hide the truth?

Covid cases data is absolutely meaningless.

The LFT test reporting portal was closed back in February this year so the *only* cases which can even be reported now are PCR tests in hospital (plus a few research studies). Image
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