I wish I could repost this a bunch of times for emphasis. The way society is ignoring long covid - and government is defunding support for long covid - is maddening. And then they ask "why are more ppl on disability benefits"? I WONDER COULD IT BE THE MASS DISABLING PANDEMIC? - ThreadSky

louiestowell.bsky.social • 2 days ago

I wish I could repost this a bunch of times for emphasis. The way society is ignoring long covid - and government is defunding support for long covid - is maddening. And then they ask "why are more ppl on disability benefits"? I WONDER COULD IT BE THE MASS DISABLING PANDEMIC?

Reposted from Kasia

hits home "Five years on from infection, I have seen improvements in my health. But I am still not quite the same as I was before "

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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joshhutchinson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ignoring disability is standard operating procedure

louiestowell.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes, this is definitely a "disabled people could have predicted this reaction" scenario. 😥

claresdraws.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yup, waving from bed as I'm one of those debilitated by Long Covid. Thank you for sharing this.

louiestowell.bsky.social•2 days ago

They've just cut the funding for a programme that's been vital support and i'm furious. It's so short sighted. Sorry you're going through it.

claresdraws.bsky.social•2 days ago

I know, it's so bad. I've got reasonably good medical support here in London but this shouldn't be a postcode lottery.

It's such an isolating condition and at times you can feel like you're going mad with it. The support of professionals reassuring you is so important.

laurafearnart.bsky.social•1 day ago

And if your teenage girl is ill you just hear "well, teenage girls, hormones, normal." NO, it isn't normal, not at all.

marisanoelle.bsky.social•2 days ago

I felt this way after I had glandular fever as a teen. I never fully recovered

finbarre.com•2 days ago

One of the two million here - thank you so much for posting this! ♥️

louiestowell.bsky.social•1 day ago

It feels baffling that people are pretending it's not still happening (and yet I understand all too well the mentality that wants to brush it under the carpet - businesses + Tories or Starmer...)

louiestowell.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is particularly stark: "there are endless articles bashing the unemployed, with titles such as “Who are the millions of Britons not working, and why?”. But these often make no mention of the words “long Covid”, and barely refer to the recent global pandemic." #LongCovid

stephencoxauthor.bsky.social•2 days ago

Venn diagram between 'why are there any unemployed" and "of course we won't hire anyone over fifty or who requires accommodations"

monsata.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Bwahahaha, you want 'a living wage'? You want to get paid enough to exist? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHA, no.

Now get out of my office."

smithbrainz.bsky.social•2 days ago

THIS RIGHT HERE.

rhube.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's no accident. They suppress knowledge of LC so that can call us scroungers, instead of recognising that we need help.

kbneal.bsky.social•1 day ago

YES YES YES. Cosigned as I enter my ninth month of sick leave.

itsalladeepend.bsky.social•2 days ago

A friend's partner went from running marathons, regularly cycling 40+ miles and having a job, to struggling to get up the stairs.

For several years they've basically been scraping by on one income.

There's no acknowledgement of the toll this takes on people's mental/physical health.

northernsi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly this. I’m so sorry to hear about your friend’s partner and their family’s situation. It’s incredibly difficult. #LongCovid

lesley-jean21.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please don’t forget ME/ CFS sufferers. We had it first ( I joke because I can’t do much else) Very best of luck with your campaigns xx

gillianftaylor.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've been coping with ms-related fatigue for 24 years.
Funnily enough, when I was moved from DLA to PIP, and at both PIP reviews since, I was somehow found to have magically improved, & my benefits reduced. After time-consuming reviews, I ended up more tired, and back with the help I first needed.

zzupdown.bsky.social•1 day ago

Isn't this what we voted for?

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