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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2370550" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p>Post code and bmi seem to be common differentiators.</p><p></p><p>Older makes you less likely to be shielded, on relative terms, as other older people without diabetes are already higher risk so the difference is less. I’ve friends and have seen examples on here of people who are younger that are now being shielded because their relative risk is higher, even though their absolute risk is significantly lower than those not shielded. So even though in absolute terms risk of death is higher it doesn’t matter because we’re statistically more likely to die anyway without diabetes. If the overarching aim is to prevent deaths how does that make sense?</p><p></p><p>happy birthday for tomorrow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 2370550, member: 480869"] Post code and bmi seem to be common differentiators. Older makes you less likely to be shielded, on relative terms, as other older people without diabetes are already higher risk so the difference is less. I’ve friends and have seen examples on here of people who are younger that are now being shielded because their relative risk is higher, even though their absolute risk is significantly lower than those not shielded. So even though in absolute terms risk of death is higher it doesn’t matter because we’re statistically more likely to die anyway without diabetes. If the overarching aim is to prevent deaths how does that make sense? happy birthday for tomorrow. [/QUOTE]
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