22 Feb Prioritise vaccinations for people with a learning disability – petition call

British Association of Social Workers call for signatures to petition.

In response to the recently published ONS data which highlights the shocking and outrageous reality that around two-thirds of fatalities from tCovid-19 during its peak from start of March to mid-May were people with disabilities. That is more than 22,000 deaths.

People with learning disability aged 18-34 are 30 x more likely to die from Covid-19 than those without a learning disability.

Please find two news articles and a link to a petition which you may wish to sign:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/562694

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/16/the-guardian-view-on-disability-and-covid-shine-a-light

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/shocking-silence-over-the-thousands-of-people-with-disabilities-who-have-died-during-coronavirus-483575?ito=twitter_share_article-top

BASW England supports national campaign activity by Learning Disability England and Mencap calling for all people with learning disabilities to be offered the covid-19 vaccine:

https://www.basw.co.uk/media/news/2021/jan/basw-england-responds-news-about-urgent-proceedings-issued-against-sos-health