Yes it matters. Because a year in and they are still confused. Sending mixed messages and scaring people. From the information on this thread it seems clear there are those with lower risk being told to shield, so why are others of us not? Its incompetent and we as a country are getting through through by luck not by governing
Who knows if it matters medically, we won’t unless we catch it as a result of contact we could have avoided if shielded and then the outcome of that infection is your answer. Honestly I’d rather stay in the dark and never know what difference it makes by not catching it at all. And I’ve just reduced our family income to effectively zero rather than go to my part time work. Shielding would have paid the food bill.
if the one I highlighted is the relative risk, it is above 10. This means 10 times more likely than the equivalent person without the risk factors. According to the guidance this is above the threshold and you should be contacted by email (check junk) or letter. If not - and you wish to be shielded - I’d check in with the GP and ask for it to be double checked.
I read something about this last night. The comparison gap between young and old is what causes the relative risk to be greater. An old diabetic has a raised risk but being old already makes it high. So the difference is less.
So basically the nhs is using absolute OR relative? Where age has a direct impact on relative, causing those who are, by what we know of covid, safer into shielding? Those of us getting older suddenly are safer?
I can’t find this. Do you have a link please?
i have seen reports saying having diabetes at 40 puts you in as much risk as someone 16 years older. The cohorts in the UK do seem to be reflecting this view though
i have seen reports saying having diabetes at 40 puts you in as much risk as someone 16 years older. The cohorts in the UK do seem to be reflecting this view though
Thing is, younger type 2s are generally rarer, so I wonder how much evidence there really is for such a new condition. Of course younger will relitively have more risk, there's less t2 in that range! there absolute is lower, it's not an OR condition... That's where I think it Doesn't work
But not an expert... I may be totally wrong. Does happen, rarely!
That said, the answer as to why younger are being shielded where me as a middle aged person isn't now because clearer. But then I've also had type 2 for significantly longer. So this scoring, to me, seems too blunt a tool. What about smokers? Uncontrolled bloods etc... This qcovid doesn't take that into account
Still, hopefully the vaccine will be imminent regardless
