Assistance would be very much appreciated!

[Marieke66]

My daughter has asked me to post the following: I am approaching the end of my International Relations degree, and decided to focus my dissertation on how the health policies and response, or lack thereof, to COVID-19 has impacted those who are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable. I’m passionate about highlighting and researching where it went wrong, so in future pandemics, we get it right from the start. Watching my mum struggle through the past two years really pushed me to focus my research on this.

If you have the time, please consider completing the linked survey. It is completely anonymous, you do not need to include any personal or medical details, nor any contact information. You don’t need to answer some questions as well. If you are in any other groups who may be interested in filling out this survey, please feel free to share it, amongst friends and family too. Thank you for your time!

s.surveyplanet.com/7e3ul1vy

[DorsetLady]

Have shared on PMRGCAuk forum.

Have been asked - is it UK based only?

[Marieke66 in reply to DorsetLady]

Thank you so much for sharing. The questions are Uk specific but it would be interesting to receive short testimonials from people's experience in other countries.

[PMRpro in reply to Marieke66]

Where would you like such testimonials? I live in Italy, there was no shielding as such and next to no support but I never felt particularly unsafe - but the regulations were tighter than the UK and reinforced by the police! There hasn't been the same lack of access to GPs and dentists for example and if you needed it, there was reasonable access to medical care. There seems to be more access since last autumn than in the UK and things seem back to normal. And I certainly perceive things as safer now than the UK - we still have mandatory FFP2 masks in certain situations!

[Marieke66]

Thank you very much for sharing your experiences in Italy, it's good to get a broad view.

[Varp]

I've filled it in. Best wishes to your daughter.

[Marieke66 in reply to Varp]

Thank you so much 💕

[Telian]

Have completed the survey and good luck to your daughter.

[Brussels]

Hi,

For this to be research there needs to be a participant information sheet and ethical approval from the University, this survey seems to have neither. Does your daughters academic supervisor know that they have put together this survey? It may well be invalid as they don’t appear to have followed due process.

[GPAJuneWoman]

I'd like to fill this in but wasn't CEV at the start of the pandemic only since 2021. SO the questions, don't quite fit.