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Do we need a different approach to the new highly contagious strain of COVID-19?

Join

Parents United Against Unsafe Schools

&

Long Covid Kids

for a discussion at

6.30 pm GMT this evening

Wednesday 13th 2021

Presented by 

Jose-Luis Jimenez

Aerosols, Atmospheric Chemistry, Aircraft Studies, Instrument Development, Mathematical Modeling, Disease Transmission.

How does the transmission of the virus work?

What can we do to protect ourselves?

How safe are indoor spaces?

Myth-busting

Simple explanations that we can all understand.

Practical ways to reduce risk.

Invite the people you car about. 

Do you know how to spot MIS-C?

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), also called pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome (PMIS or PIMS), is a newly recognized, potentially serious illness in children that seems to be related to COVID-19.

For many children, it appears to be a delayed complication of COVID-19 infection, although not all children with MIS-C-related symptoms test positive for the virus.

It is a condition where different body parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs.

Symptoms include:

Fever that lasts 24 hours or longer.

Vomiting.

Diarrhoea.

Pain in the stomach.

Skin rash.

Strawberry tongue. 

Feeling unusually tired.

Fast heartbeat.

Rapid breathing.

Not all children have all the symptoms.

Children with symptoms should seek immediate medical attention.

LCK is calling for the UK government to fund a campaign that helps parents identify Covid-19 and the ongoing complications and Long Covid. 

Our Petition Asks

Promptly create an awareness campaign detailing the effects of COVID19 on children.

Create a clear campaign that informs parents of the COVID symptoms children present with. This should include the criteria for a child to get a test and the long-lasting effects COVID can have on children.

What We Wanted Our Petition To Say

Remove barriers to children accessing a free test by changing the wording on the government website to reflect the symptoms children present with.

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But for it to be approved for publication we had to change the wording.

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About Us

Long Covid Kids Support & Campaign Group started in the autumn & represents over 400 children.

Our children got COVID19 in Lockdown 1/2 & are still ill.

We receive emails from parents who tell us that by the time they realised their child needed a test it was 'too late for testing', they didn't 'know what to look for'.

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This Is Important

These children are not included in the statistics.

Children must be counted so informed decisions can be made in education and healthcare.

Children may also need Long Covid services and without being counted how can we evidence that?

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We are self-funded and run by volunteers.

Donations of time, skills or money gratefully received.

Every donation counts and will enable us to keep going.