I'm very lucky to get my first covid vaccine today. There are many asthmatics that are still unvaccinated and unprotected. They're scared anxious, and bitterly disappointed to be discluded from priority for vaccine. Long covid is a huge concern for asthmatics. #asthmaticsunder50
@andreajenkyns Chronic asthmatics are still ignored & unvaccinated as society reopens. They're the ONLY Vulnerable group on Moderate Risk list being denied priority vaccines yet are at increased risk of hospitalisation, severe disease & ICU. Why is science not being followed? #asthmaticsatrisk
@BorisJohnson You haven't hit that milestone. You eliminated millions of asthmatics from priority for vaccine. They are still vunerable and unvaccinated as the lockdown eases up.Wait and youll see hospital cases rise because they are still unvaccinated as the lockdown eases #asthmaticsatrisk
CDC adds moderate #asthma to"high risk" category for Covid 19. Mean while in the UK millions of moderate #asthmaticsatrisk are watching lockdown end without even having had their first vaccine, due to being removed from priority group 6.Follow the science
https://t.co/TjZ3NtOVKK
1.1 million in the UK reporting having #LongCovid . With an increased prevalence in people with a pre-existing health condition like #asthmaticsatrisk This is a timebomb #asthmaticsunder50 will flood the NHS with long covid problems if we are not put back into group 6 today.
💙 THANK YOU @aaf_info for fully & publicly supporting #AsthmaticsAtRisk & for including the latest research information on your website which backs up the need for vaccinating ALL asthmatics as a priority.
https://t.co/L8R21XHF1l
@jim_reed@ARNS_UK@DrSarahJarvis@nadhimzahawi
@PHE_uk What about #asthmaticsatrisk when will JCVI review this evidence supporting the reinstatement of asthmatics to cohort 6? @DHSCgovuk please comment.
Start of pandemic :don't worry you are asthmatic and will be prioritised for a vaccine when it exists
Vaccine arrives : don't worry it won't be long now, you're asthmatic so prioritised.
1 year on: pulled out of priority band 6. no vaccine. 😑 Still asthmatic. #asthmaticsatrisk
Just been told we cannot vaccinate anyone under 50, nor can we give 2nd dose early.
So here's the problem; we have a surplus of vaccines going out of date and we have no one we are "allowed"(CCG/NHSE) to give them to.
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@NHSEngland@NikkiKF@TeamGP@nadhimzahawi@pulsetoday
Hear hear! Asthma is always belittled. People just don't understand what it's like not to be able to breathe properly. More awareness is needed and #asthmaticsatrisk need to be prioritised and protected against Covid #VaccinesForAsthmatics#FluJabEqualsCovidJab
Catch the flu. Asthma flares and you can't breathe. Catch the cold. Asthma flares and you can't breathe. Catch covid... Apparently we will be just grand. 😑 All asthma sufferers should be in band 6 priority group. #FluJabEqualsCovidJab