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<blockquote data-quote="Jbicheno" data-source="post: 2321317" data-attributes="member: 278204"><p>I think the way clinically vulnerable people have been abandoned/forgotten shows a complete lack of understanding of how putting yourself at risk on a daily basis can affect your mental health as well as physical health. You cannot just say you may get this severe illness, you may die but off you go and hope for the best. Of course, we all understand that if you do get Covid this may not be the case, but being in a higher risk group makes it more likely. My opinion is most would choose to carry on working if they felt safe at work but an acknowledgment that extra care should be taken with this group would be great. My experience is this acknowledgement does not exist either in guidelines or practice.</p><p> Even when concerns are raised by an employee, often you are left feeling you are causing a fuss or have other issues that are making you anxious. Personally, I have felt somehow it is my fault I’m in a vulnerable group and I should ignore that fact and act as everyone else in my workplace-no PPE, no social distancing and pretend everything is fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jbicheno, post: 2321317, member: 278204"] I think the way clinically vulnerable people have been abandoned/forgotten shows a complete lack of understanding of how putting yourself at risk on a daily basis can affect your mental health as well as physical health. You cannot just say you may get this severe illness, you may die but off you go and hope for the best. Of course, we all understand that if you do get Covid this may not be the case, but being in a higher risk group makes it more likely. My opinion is most would choose to carry on working if they felt safe at work but an acknowledgment that extra care should be taken with this group would be great. My experience is this acknowledgement does not exist either in guidelines or practice. Even when concerns are raised by an employee, often you are left feeling you are causing a fuss or have other issues that are making you anxious. Personally, I have felt somehow it is my fault I’m in a vulnerable group and I should ignore that fact and act as everyone else in my workplace-no PPE, no social distancing and pretend everything is fine. [/QUOTE]
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