“Calls to #suicide helplines rocket because of Labour’s #war on #disabled and #sick people”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

@UKLabour

“Starmer government’s plan to slash thousands and intensify punitive regime drives victims to despair among people already under awful pressure”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/03/12/calls-to-suicide-helplines-rocket-because-of-labours-war-on-disabled-and-sick-people/

#Press #Labour #Austerity #WFA #Reeves #Starmer #Kendal #FreezeAndStarve #TwoChildBenefitCap #ChildPoverty #Genocide #Complicity #Authoritarian #Hypocrisy #Lies #ToryContinuityParty #KidStarver

'To Lorna Tilley, an #Australian archaeologist who specializes in the way past #societies cared for #people who were #sick or #disabled, the #fact that the baby was buried in a monumental tomb with other children and adults should come as no surprise. "I'm not sure, unless it was a really dramatic case, it would have been thought of as strange," she says. "Most babies, in most circumstances, are looked after."

In fact, the evidence..."

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/17/878896381/ancient-bones-offer-clues-to-how-long-ago-humans-cared-for-the-vulnerable

More than 50 people in seven U.S. states have had confirmed cases of a human bird flu variant, concerning health experts that another pandemic could be possible. This week, a child in California with no known contact with infected animals came down with the virus. CBSNews@flipboard.com medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounde explains why this is a worrying development and answers other questions about bird flu.

https://flip.it/6gvHiW

#Health #Virus #BirdFlu #Sick #Pandemic #Doctors