COVID-19 Inquiry – WinVisible

COVID-19 Inquiry: disability testimony & protest

30/11/202309/10/2023 by winvisibleblog

Protesting outside the COVID-19 Inquiry at Dorland House, London W2, with Disability Rights UK, Inclusion London, Disabled People Against Cuts and women from COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice

Today we went to the COVID-19 UK Inquiry to hear testimony by Disability Rights UK and disabled researchers into disability, poverty and ill-health. The hearing was under Module 2 focussing on decision-making by central government, and addressed “structural inequalities and disability”. Warning: distressing content below. In the public gallery, we met several women from COVID-19 … Read more

Sue’s testimony to COVID-19 Inquiry

22/05/202528/02/2023 by winvisibleblog

Left: Sue Elsegood. Right: Protesting outside the Department of Health and Social Care against 100,000 deaths, 18 March 2022 The COVID-19 UK Inquiry meets today 28 February. The Module 3 Preliminary Hearing will look at “the impact of the pandemic on healthcare”. The Inquiry invited us to send in draft evidence on our views … Read more

COVID-19 Inquiry: putting our survival on its agenda

25/07/202218/07/2022 by winvisibleblog

The independent COVID-19 Inquiry launches this week. All through the pandemic, we have been speaking out against deliberate policies by the government, medical authorities and Councils amounting to a cull of older and disabled people, disproportionately hitting women and people of colour.