COVID Mortality amongst the low paid: yet more people the Government has never heard of
Figures released by the Office of National Statistics on 25th January underline that dreadful as the COVID death toll has been the impact has been disproportionately on the lower paid.
The TUC makes the headline point here:
The following table tells a dreadful story looking at COVID related deaths by key occupational categories between March and December 2020:
Table 6 shows that while 11 Chief Executives died 107 Care home workers did over the same 9 months. 118 large goods vehicle drivers, 140 taxi drivers and 209 security guards also lost their lives due to COVID.
These are low paid jobs that cant be done from home and the Government’s attitude on self -isolation and benefits mean that all too have often they are in work when they shouldn’t be.
Its not something that features in Ministerial press briefings.
If those people aren’t at work, who will cater for the middle classes working from home and having everything delivered? Supporters of lockdown rely on others not locked down.