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Given the changes in shielding advice, travelling and the expectations of wearing masks/face coverings, as those with respiratory conditions are exempt from this, how should people display/explain why they're not wearing them if confronted?
At the start of pandemic, I recall seeing images of covid ward/ICU with yellow lanyards worn by respiratory staff so they could be easily recognised.
I wondered whether Roy Castle have considered coming up with sort of symbol/badge/lanyard that we could wear as 'official'?
This is something we would be happy to look into. It is another new scenario that has presented throughout the pandemic. It may be better to be something generic and not unique to Roy castle. We can certainly feed this back and look into ways of identifying those unable to wear face coverings due to health conditions.
We appreciate that new scenarios will present themselves as things slowly return to normal and we may find for our community it may be more confusing and complicated than it was during lockdown. so we really appreciate you raising issues as they arrise. we also know that advice is different around the country, as some parts of the country open up slightly more quickly than others. So any comments like yours will help others think about how to handle these new scenarios in advance.
Thanks - that's helpful - maybe joint working with asthma UK/BLF? I've already had stares to contend with - it seems like a blue badge situation where people comment not recognising hidden disabilities so if we could avoid unnecessary questions/judgements that would really help. it also appears as if airline travel (when/if it reopens) will be really difficult as it seems facemasks (not coverings) will be compulsory - unable to see any exemptions on their websites so increased temperature and breathing in exhaled air likely to add to any respiratory condition however well managed meaning people will arrive in quite a poor state...
This is certainly an evolving scenario, and therefore an issue that needs consideration. You are right regarding air travel, this is also an area that seems to have an evolving policy.
Hearing our communities experiences and concerns helps us a charity adress the current situations.
People with respiratory conditions will need to risk assess for the forceeable as much as possible, but we appreciate that some in our community will have to start returning to some sort of normal.
So your comments are very helpful to both us and the community.
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