A doctor plagued by terrifying Long Covid symptoms has slammed Boris Johnson's call for Brits to learn to "live with the virus ".
Dr Kelly Fearnley, 35, has suffered violent shaking fits lasting up to 14 hours and terrifying hallucinations after first contracting the virus on a Covid ward in November 2020.
At one point, the symptoms had taken such a toll on her physical and mental health that she considered suicide, she told Sky News.
After 15 months of living with the long-term effects of the virus, Dr Fearnley believes Boris Johnson's plan to peel back Covid measures is "both dangerous and irresponsible".
As part of the "Living with Covid" plan being unveiled tomorrow, Brits will no longer have to self-isolate after testing positive, and lateral flow tests will no longer be free.
Dr Fearnley, from Leeds, told Sky News she feels "angry and let down" about the plan, which she branded a "strategy of denial, driven by the need to cut costs".
Months after her initial infection, Dr Fearnley started experiencing violent shakes lasting up to 14 hours at a time.
She also suffered from disturbing auditory hallucinations, chilling night terrors about death and debilitating attacks of pins and needles.
After contracting the virus during the second wave, Dr Fearnley took four weeks off work to recover.
But when she returned she immediately became dizzy and breathless and needed to go home, which was when she started experiencing the Long Covid symptoms.
The symptoms had an acute effect on her mental state, and she started experiencing auditory hallucinations, which included a man shouting at her in the kitchen and a dog barking beside her.
She took herself to A&E, where doctors said she was suffering from anxiety and sent her home.
Dr Fearnley then started experiencing sleep apnea where she would suddenly stop breathing at night, accompanied by a "sense of impending doom".
By January 2021, the doctor thought her symptoms were easing, but she was wrong.
Every night for three months she suffered from more distressing hallucinations.
She was bombarded by imagined noises like a muffled TV, a radio, music, and heavy metal bands playing.
During one "upsetting" night terror she recalled watching a group of men being lined up and executed.
Dr Fearnley's comments come before Boris Johnson announces a long-term plan to 'live with Covid' in England - despite hundreds of deaths a day.
The Prime Minister is expected to scrap all self-isolation, even for people who have the virus, from around Thursday.
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