In today's @IndependentSage briefing we covered the situation for the clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) for whom Covid remains a big risk. Here is @MarkOak04974342 telling @drlennardlee what being CEV has meant over last 3 years & his wife & 3 kids, 2 at home, one not. 1/5
Before the pandemic he ran his own business and lived a relatively normal life, which has now been taken away. He explains why and that it affects 0.5-1 million people in the UK. 2/5
Mark sums up by saying it's hard to be forgotten by everyone - and that it's not ok that protections AND the information CEV people have relied on to assess their own risk are being removed. 3/5
We then heard from Prof @AlexRichter3 explaining clearly what the current clinical preventative (none offered on NHS) and curative treatments there are for the CEV and where things are going. You can listen here! youtube.com/live/pjFaxDXOV… 4/5
How can we possible shut out of life those highly vulnerable persons. Persons with transplants, cancer, rare diseases. How dare we do that? It's a violation of basic human rights. Covid-19 could be eliminated with a broad use of HEPA Filters. We could do it. un.org/en/about-us/un…