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Vaccine advisers reject prioritisation by race or occupation, including teachers and police

On Wednesday, the government announced that all individuals on the learning disabilities register will be prioritised for a coronavirus vaccine. The move came after an outpouring of public outrage when DJ Jo Whiley revealed that she was invited for a vaccine before her sister Frances, who has a genetic disorder and lives in residential care. Frances Whiley was later hospitalised for the virus, but has since returned home. Three families whose...

Three families react to government’s U-turn to prioritise their loved ones for coronavirus inoculation

UK government’s policies lead to horrific COVID-19 death rates among disabled people The Conservative government’s criminal indifference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society has become ever more blatant as the pandemic crisis has unfolded. Earlier this month, the Mencap charity reported that people with learning disabilities were being told in January that they would not be resuscitated if they fell gravely ill with COVID-19. Edel Harris, Mencap’s chief executive, told the Guardian, “Throughout the pandemic many people with a learning disability have faced sh...

The DJ says her sister Frances, who has a learning disability and diabetes, is "fighting for her life" with Covid.