A short film by people with ME and experts, warning of the longterm consequences viruses can have. Some post-COVID patients are not recovering as expected, and researchers are predicting the pandemic will lead to a surge in long-term chronic illness, including an uptick in cases of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). Read more: https://www.meaction.net/2020/05/10/researchers-expect-covid-19-will-cause-surge-of-chronic-illness-including-me/ Thank you to Professor Chris Ponting and Dr Nina Muirhead for their expert testimony, and to the many people with ME who submitted videos to be part of this.After the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people living with ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) and other chronic illnesses will grow. Debilitating symptoms won’t resolve, and physical isolation won’t end. We are the #MillionsMissing, and we call for an urgent response to mitigate this coming crisis. The time to educate healthcare workers, invest in biomedical research and treatments, and expand accessibility is now. For many years the treatment recommended to people with ME in the UK has harmed a majority who undergo it. We need change now. Join the campaign: www.millionsmissing.org Learn more: www.meaction.net Music Credits: Demised To Shield by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/demised-to-shield Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/X2p2fIwjbIw

Florence Nightingale campaigned for 30 years from her bed after contracting an ME like illness in the Crimea. On her birthday, May 12th, in her bicentennial year, we are collaborating with the Florence Nightingale Museum to highlight links between disabled campaigners across the centuries. In this video, David Green, Director of the Florence Nightingale Museum, talks about her campaigning work and their plans to commemorate her achievements. Your messages have been incorporated on quilts which will be displayed by the museum, alongside 200 other objects, places and people celebrating her achievements. Find out more about the Florence Nightingale Museum here: www.florence-nightingale.co.uk Join the #millionsmissing campaign: www.millionsmissing.org Learn more: www.meaction.net

Please sign the petition: http://www.parliament.scot/GettingInvolved/Petitions/PE01690 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is a devastating neuro-immune disease that affects 21,000 people in Scotland and causes profound and disabling ill-health. One in four patients is house or bed bound, and quality of life is some of the poorest recorded for any illness. And yet there is no cure, no effective treatment, no specialist consultant in Scotland and no publicly funded biomedical research. This petition calls for the change urgently needed by people with ME in Scotland: Investment in biomedical research and creation of a centre of excellence for ME Ensuring healthcare professionals' training and education materials reflect the latest scientific evidence Provision of specialist care for patients and discontinuation of the harmful treatments graded exercise therapy (GET) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Join us for the Scottish protest: https://www.facebook.com/events/385681621841835/ Credits: Illustrated by: Anna Doherty instagram: annadohertyillustration twitter:@WeeSmout Written by: Emma Shorter and Emma Gammack Edited by: Ian Munro Narrators: Susan Cole and Samantha McInnes Music:http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music With thanks to Ties Wijnen, Lorraine Butter and Adam Lowe

Watch the #MillionsMissing 2020 UK speakers. Includes interviews and speeches from people with ME and our guest speakers: -Carol Monaghan, MP -David Green (director of the Florence Nightingale Museum) -Stuart Murdoch from Belle and Sebastian -Catherine Hale and Dr Anna Ruddock from the Chronic Illness Inclusion Project -Dr Nina Muirhead, surgeon and ME educator -Professor Chris Ponting, Chair of Medical Bioinformatics, University of Edinburgh. -Vicky Foxcroft., MP -Hannah Sweeney, pwME -Laura Smith, pwME -Ellie Rushton, Ally -Dionne Joseph, Carer We are so grateful to everyone who took part in this video. It was a truly impressive line-up and the speeches, interviews and personal testimonies were educational, emotional and extremely powerful.

Thousands add messages to 6m long card sent to NICE Learn more here: https://www.meaction.net/2020/04/30/thousands-add-messages-to-6-m-long-card/ Music from www.bensound.com

1 Minute Trailer for #MillionsMissing UK Visit millionsmissing.meaction.net to organize or attend a protest!