Since the start of the pandemic, the novel coronavirus has claimed more than 150,000 lives in the UK; worldwide, the death toll stands at more than five million. On top of that there are the millions of cases of long Covid, whose persistent effects remain unknown; the mental health crisis brought on by years of disruption and existential terror; the medical conditions that have gone unnoticed or untreated by a health service whose entire focus had been redirected elsewhere; the educations, careers and businesses disrupted; the friendships and love affairs never begun.
But never mind all that now, because here’s a press release from the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) telling of the previously forgotten victims of Covid-19. Are you ready for the saddest story since Hemingway’s baby shoes? Here we go:
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