New guidance for CEV due

[Coffeebeans]

Hi all

New guidance for some of us due out soon - this is a copy of a tweet from Ton Newton-Dunne (chief political commentator).

Hopefully this is reassuring in some way. Personally for me it means I have protection at work to refuse parts of my role.

New guidance is coming from Dept of Health in a few days for the immuno-suppressed and clinically very vulnerable over what to do at Step 4, I understand, after senior government figures admitted to charity groups today they should have done more for them this week (1)

Expected to involve a degree of shielding for them while the third wave lasts, probably until September. Charities estimate 500,000 people have a lot less protection from vaccines. Half suffer from cancer. Many are terrified, and have been given no official advice what to do (2)

Follows a meeting today between charities such as Blood Cancer UK, Jonathan Van Tam and Lord Bethell brought together by Lib Dem peer Sal Brinton. One at it tells me JVT + Bethell accepted it “wasn’t good enough and they had to do more” for them. More on @TimesRadio after 7am (3)

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Reassuring? Not really - it'll be more fluff and hot air long before anything is implemented.

I suspect the real figure is way over half a million.

[jinasc in reply to PMRpro]

Me too...................

[Coffeebeans in reply to jinasc]

I'm sure it will fall well short. But glad blood cancer UK is getting through to them on some front.

[Thelmarina]

So sad to read ‘many are terrified’. This could have been avoided with a bit of common sense. Unnecessary suffering.