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Our Six Asks to Holyrood Candiates
The following asks were developed through co-production with participants at an online public event hosted byCovid Action Scotland on 19th July 2025. ASK 1: Acknowledge that Covid-19 reinfections cause serious long-term effects on health and advise the population on the need and means to minimise infection risks There is an ever-increasing body of evidence that…
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PETITION: Follow the science on Covid vaccines: broaden eligibility
Reducing the availability of the NHS Covid vaccine endangers the lives of people at high clinical risk in particular and will result in more people suffering long-term illness and disability. The Scottish Government is following Westminster in restricting NHS Covid vaccine access further than was the case in 2024, when access was already significantly restricted…
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Elections ahead: Addressing the Covid crisis
What do we need to see in Scottish parties’ manifestos for the 2026 elections to finally address the Covid crisis? When? 19 July – Time: 4-5.30 Where? On Zoom – please register here https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/w2NcVkxvS6yVR0ksX2V99Q Why? Since 2023, political parties across Scotland have been pretending that Covid is over. As a result, there are no measures…
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sign the petition
“Take action to protect people from airborne infections in health and social care settings” https://petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2071 Please sign this petition and use the buttons to share it on your social media channels.
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Urgent e-action to MSPs: reinstate universal masking in health and social care!
Please write to your MSPs today and urge them to support call by the Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition and others to keep staff and patients in health- and social care safe from Covid and other airborne diseases: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/we-need-masks-in-healthcare In May this year, the Scottish government wrote to health boards and social care providers, advising that…
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Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition calls for mask mandates in health & social care
On 16th July, the Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition sent a detailed letter to the Scottish government urging a return to mask mandates across health and social care. The letter further calls on the government to provide effective FFP2 or FFP3 masks to all health and social care workers and to improve ventilation and air filtration…
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Banner protest against withdrawal of masks in health and social care
When and where? Saturday, 20th May, 3.30 pm, outside the Scottish Parliament (meet between the artificial ponds and the Visitors’ entrance) What will we be doing and what should you bring? This is an authorised protest with banners and placards, and an opportunity for anyone wishing to speak to do so. Bring yourself, any friends…
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Public meeting: COVID – prevention is possible
2-3.30 pm, Saturday, 11th March, on Zoom Register here beforehand Since summer 2021, there has hardly been a week when the number of Covid-19 infections across the UK dropped below 1 million. With new variants spreading all the time, people are getting infected again and again, and the number of people suffering from Long Covid…
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Remember This?
A useful video outlining the current situation with Covid – do share
Covid Action Scotland 