"to be treated fairly and with consideration." This 100%, you are absolutely correct, I couldn't have phrased it better and that's the problem, we aren't really being treated in that way and it's not our fault that there is a worldwide pandemic in full swing! I've also seen the comments on here and elsewhere to just "get on with it" etc which I find most unfair and IMO such comments should be kept to themselves. Everyone is different and everyone will be different on how they deal with things. If some want to be blaze then fine, it's up to them, but being blaze by Governments and individuals is why there is a global pandemic in the first place!
The problem is (and it's not just diabetes but plenty of other conditions as well) only a couple of months ago the Government were shielding some and seriously advising others to work from home and strenuously social distance. Now it's July/August but the advice is er go back to work regardless. The virus hasn't changed, peoples medical conditions haven't changed, all that's changed is the ensuing panic about the economy to the extent that everything that now comes out of Boris's mouth reminds me of the Generals at Gallipoli and other similar fronts just forcing their troops over the top of the trenches into the incoming gunfire hoping that you will be the one to dodge the bullet! This isn't a war though, certainly not one we enlisted too!!
What confuses me is the amount of businesses that are continuing to work at home "for the safety of their staff". The bold bit isn't the bit that confuses me, that's sensible. The bit that confuses me is to why friends of mine in certain businesses are working from home until further notice, certain Government/Public Sector departments are working at home until further notice, GP's are only seeing patients remotely, via Zoom or phone unless "absolutely necessary" to be face to face, and even my Union Rep has said most of them still are working from home. Yet thousands upon thousands of people are being told "go back to work". Why is it deemed safe for teachers/support staff for instance to go back onto the classroom but it isn't safe for GP's to see their patients or Government employees to go back to the office?!
The problem is (and it's not just diabetes but plenty of other conditions as well) only a couple of months ago the Government were shielding some and seriously advising others to work from home and strenuously social distance. Now it's July/August but the advice is er go back to work regardless. The virus hasn't changed, peoples medical conditions haven't changed, all that's changed is the ensuing panic about the economy to the extent that everything that now comes out of Boris's mouth reminds me of the Generals at Gallipoli and other similar fronts just forcing their troops over the top of the trenches into the incoming gunfire hoping that you will be the one to dodge the bullet! This isn't a war though, certainly not one we enlisted too!!
What confuses me is the amount of businesses that are continuing to work at home "for the safety of their staff". The bold bit isn't the bit that confuses me, that's sensible. The bit that confuses me is to why friends of mine in certain businesses are working from home until further notice, certain Government/Public Sector departments are working at home until further notice, GP's are only seeing patients remotely, via Zoom or phone unless "absolutely necessary" to be face to face, and even my Union Rep has said most of them still are working from home. Yet thousands upon thousands of people are being told "go back to work". Why is it deemed safe for teachers/support staff for instance to go back onto the classroom but it isn't safe for GP's to see their patients or Government employees to go back to the office?!