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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 2236950" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>The government is advising 'social distancing' not 'social isolation' for people with diabetes as they are considered at high risk from Covid-19:-</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">We are advising those who are at increased risk of severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19) to be particularly stringent in following social distancing measures.</span><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults</a></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The NHS will be contacting people who are <strong>at even higher risk</strong> from Covid-19 (e.g. those on immuno-suppressants, on chemotherapy/radiotherapy, with severe kidney disease, having been hospitalised for asthma or with cystic fibrosis) by the beginning of next week to give them more detailed advice.</span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 2236950, member: 52527"] The government is advising 'social distancing' not 'social isolation' for people with diabetes as they are considered at high risk from Covid-19:- [INDENT][B][SIZE=4]We are advising those who are at increased risk of severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19) to be particularly stringent in following social distancing measures.[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][B][URL]https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults[/URL][/B] [/SIZE][/INDENT] [SIZE=4]The NHS will be contacting people who are [B]at even higher risk[/B] from Covid-19 (e.g. those on immuno-suppressants, on chemotherapy/radiotherapy, with severe kidney disease, having been hospitalised for asthma or with cystic fibrosis) by the beginning of next week to give them more detailed advice.[/SIZE] [INDENT][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/INDENT] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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