Shielding list to add extra people

Yes, the sickness benefit element will make a difference for some people and that is good. I think tardy is a good word to use!

Having listened to DrJohns blogs for the past year I knew which people were the most vulnerable. There were facts and figures for all to see but the government seemed to ignore all of them. They’re all there on utube. Information about mask wearing, asymptomatic carriers, the fact that the virus was airborne, the need for contact tracing etc etc. Warnings that there was a problem in China and that there was going to be a pandemic. The government have been totally behind the curve in everything except the vaccination programme. imo Johnson only started treating the pandemic with the respect it needed once Cummings had gone.

... imo Johnson only started treating the pandemic with the respect it needed once Cummings had gone.

Interesting. I hadn't made that connection, but it could be right. BJ does seem to have gained a certain gravitas recently which has been lacking in the past.

Marydoll

The Council Officer who phoned me said that they also had a duty of care to those who were vulnerable, but not CEV. That's why they were contacting other people who were not on the shielding list.

How do they work out who's vulnerable?

You can forward their name or if they are known to Social Services, they will contact them.
GPs can also refer those who are vulnerable, but not CEV. You can also phone yourself and ask for help. The official said it was of great concern, that people might slip through the net.

growstuff

Marydoll

The Council Officer who phoned me said that they also had a duty of care to those who were vulnerable, but not CEV. That's why they were contacting other people who were not on the shielding list.

How do they work out who's vulnerable?

It was direct contact with other professionals within the local authority, which in itself will miss people as not everyone engages with other agencies and the thresholds differ for social services support from area to area. In my neighbouring area the threshold is set much higher for support as more people need to access services.

I had another letter on Tuesday - both sides of A4 paper.
Basically it said extend your shielding for another month.
Evidently I could have stopped on Sunday 21st Feb.

I had what I thought was another shielding letter this morning, but it was advice from the Chief Medical here in Scotland to avoid going to the polling station to vote at the forthcoming Scottish Parliament elections in May.

I had already taken action by organising postal votes for teh foreseeable future.

My husbands letter is advice to shield March29th, it’s not mandatory but use your common sense.

My DS got a letter telling him to shield a few weeks ago after his 1st vaccination! He's Diabetic Type 2 and a little (I'm polite!) overweight.
He lives in a flat and still goes to see his wife and 6 kids every week. I worry, but as he's over 40 it's nearly 30 years he doesn't listen to me so I say nowt.
Does it have something to do with the population of the county he lives in? He's at Southampton. My sister, in a Cornish hamlet was told to sheild a year ago (COPD).

You're so lucky in the UK having an idea of what's allowed when. I live in France, and it's chaos, with the number of cases going sky-high, and no idea if or where there'll be a lockdown tomorrow.
No help of any kind for those at high risk, like the friend I live with, grave COPD, but he gets no help, except from me, handicapped also, but only with a "gamy" leg. If he was alone he'd be dead!
There are no deliveries for anything where we live, except from the chemist, and no one even passes by to see if we're still alive!
We chose to live in the countryside, so I guess we asked for our solitude.
But for others who are high risk, it is awful here.
It's the first time in nearly 40 years that I miss England, it's so well-organized with the Pandemic, and all the French do is criticize because the "British variation" is more virulent.