Submitted by Anna Watson on Wednesday 30th October 2024
Published on Thursday 5th December 2024
Current status: Open
Open until: Thursday 5th June 2025
Current Signatures: 456
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Tagged with
booster ~ Cost ~ Covid ~ Covid booster ~ Covid booster vaccines ~ Covid cases ~ Economy ~ fund ~ Government ~ Long Covid ~ Lost ~ New Covid ~ Prevent ~ Priority ~ Repeat ~ Roll ~ Severe ~ Studies ~ Thousands ~ Up ~ vaccine ~ vulnerability
Fund Covid booster vaccines for all, with priority for Long Covid sufferers
Long Covid can ruin lives and cause financial hardship so we believe the Government must try to prevent new Covid infections. We want free Covid booster vaccines for all and Long Covid sufferers should be a prioritised group.
Currently, many Long Covid sufferers are unable to protect themselves against Covid, which is circulating widely. Research shows repeat infections can cause increasingly severe Long Covid symptoms so we believe sufferers should be considered as medically vulnerable. We think the best way to help prevent repeat infections for existing sufferers is by prioritising vaccination for those who have Long Covid. A full vaccine roll-out could also help prevent new cases of Long Covid by reducing the total number of Covid cases in circulation. Long Covid affects thousands and a recent study estimated that it could cost the economy up to £20 billion due to lost working days.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
3.21.159.215 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:59:28 +0000