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<blockquote data-quote="Max68" data-source="post: 2307149" data-attributes="member: 521172"><p>Sorry Mr Pot it's been a long day. Went to a Rave then the pub and finished off by hugging as many people as I could!! Obviously kidding!!</p><p></p><p>In answer to your question I have absolutely no idea if I will be vulnerable to Covid or not. I might breeze through it but I might not and unfortunately the only way I will know how vulnerable I am would be to contract it and see, but I'd rather try and avoid that experiment if at all possible! The same obviously goes for everyone.</p><p></p><p>The only clues I have are getting sent home mid morning from work back in March by the Union. Then the Government guidelines telling me as a diabetic that I should work from home if possible and stringently social distance. Then my GP signed me off until further notice insisting that I worked from home because I was a diabetic. Of course the knowledge of others on here and plenty of statistics to read kind of tell you I might not be quite as safe as a 21 year old Caucasian female with no underlying conditions!</p><p></p><p>Then 1st August came and Boris tells me I'm no longer vulnerable enough to avoid working in a classroom!</p><p></p><p>I'm a male of 52, HBA1c of 51 and on Metformin. Blood pressure "controlled" with meds and a little too much padding around the middle with a BMI of around 27. Several other meds for other conditions not listed as a Covid risk so not exactly in the same shape as Tom Hardy, although my mask might be as close as I get to looking like him in Batman!!</p><p></p><p>So the Government suggested I might be vulnerable, the GP suggested that I might be vulnerable and the Union suggested I might be vulnerable. How vulnerable we don't know because we don't know the statistics for Type of diabetes, the statistics for controlled or uncontrolled, how tubby you need to be before you are at a high risk...... All manner of we don't knows! With all these don't knows and not sures I'd rather err on the side of caution until someone can tell me for definite otherwise!</p><p></p><p>I've said before if I drove a van or was collecting Insurance like I used to I wouldn't be over concerned. However in a classroom when viral load is clearly a big talking point and considering the kids don't wear masks I'm definitely more concerned than I would have been in some of my other jobs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Max68, post: 2307149, member: 521172"] Sorry Mr Pot it's been a long day. Went to a Rave then the pub and finished off by hugging as many people as I could!! Obviously kidding!! In answer to your question I have absolutely no idea if I will be vulnerable to Covid or not. I might breeze through it but I might not and unfortunately the only way I will know how vulnerable I am would be to contract it and see, but I'd rather try and avoid that experiment if at all possible! The same obviously goes for everyone. The only clues I have are getting sent home mid morning from work back in March by the Union. Then the Government guidelines telling me as a diabetic that I should work from home if possible and stringently social distance. Then my GP signed me off until further notice insisting that I worked from home because I was a diabetic. Of course the knowledge of others on here and plenty of statistics to read kind of tell you I might not be quite as safe as a 21 year old Caucasian female with no underlying conditions! Then 1st August came and Boris tells me I'm no longer vulnerable enough to avoid working in a classroom! I'm a male of 52, HBA1c of 51 and on Metformin. Blood pressure "controlled" with meds and a little too much padding around the middle with a BMI of around 27. Several other meds for other conditions not listed as a Covid risk so not exactly in the same shape as Tom Hardy, although my mask might be as close as I get to looking like him in Batman!! So the Government suggested I might be vulnerable, the GP suggested that I might be vulnerable and the Union suggested I might be vulnerable. How vulnerable we don't know because we don't know the statistics for Type of diabetes, the statistics for controlled or uncontrolled, how tubby you need to be before you are at a high risk...... All manner of we don't knows! With all these don't knows and not sures I'd rather err on the side of caution until someone can tell me for definite otherwise! I've said before if I drove a van or was collecting Insurance like I used to I wouldn't be over concerned. However in a classroom when viral load is clearly a big talking point and considering the kids don't wear masks I'm definitely more concerned than I would have been in some of my other jobs. [/QUOTE]
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