WOMEN and children were among the worst affected by the Covid pandemic, an inquiry has heard.
WOMEN and children were among the worst affected by the Covid pandemic, with youngsters suffering long-term symptoms of the virus now facing a “blighted” future, an inquiry has heard., organisations including Long Covid Kids Scotland and Scottish Women’s Rights Organisations – an umbrella term for a number of bodies – gave opening statements to chairman Lord Brailsford.
“Our symptoms looked a bit different to the ones that grown-ups seemed to get and our parents didn’t always know what was wrong with us straight away. “We’re still at home and we’re still unwell. Many of us are still in bed a lot of the time. It can be boring, annoying, frustrating and tiring and we miss our friends. We miss feeling well.“We want to feel better again, and when we asked when we will feel better, nobody can tell us when that might be. It’s making us sad.”Deirdre Domingo, of Scottish Women’s Rights Organisations, told the inquiry that the idea that the pandemic affected everyone equally should be “firmly dispelled”.
“As explained by Scottish Women’s Aid in their written submissions to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee of Scottish Parliament, anxiety about coronavirus, frustrations related to quarantine, economic uncertainty due to a loss of jobs, harmful consumption of alcohol or other stresses, do not cause domestic abuse.
She added that women have been “hit the hardest” and said there has been a “recognised rollback on women’s equality and rights” since the pandemic.
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