After two years of the pandemic, there is an understandable desire to “go back to normal”. Disabled people, having been particularly impacted by the pandemic, have described the removal of all COVID rules as a “kick in the teeth”.
In the UK, between January and November 2020, disabled people were up to three times more likely to die of COVID. Social care services were disrupted and in some cases, reversed. Inaccessible health briefings meant that many people were unable to get adequate information at crucial times.
