Shielding list to add extra people

But... they all, we all, have had the choice to shield from day one. No one has been forced not to stay home and protect themselves.

I can't see how it is a disgrace or a scandal tbh. In what way is it sooziewoozie? Maybe I'm missing something

If they are in employment and not officially identified as shielding by the NHS then employment rights are compromised if someone self identifieds as needing to shield! Losing their job or being unpaid could rather make a difference to decisions taken!

It does seem to have taken a long time to get round to this,although I suppose more is known about the disease now.
This time last year it was on Gov.UK and a medical website that everyone in receipt of fluja b would be asked to shield. I'm a diabetic and was waiting for the letter that never came. Looking at the numbers who were entitled to the flu jab or those with high BMI it's an awful lot of people!
There have been all sorts of issues with shielding, who should be on the list and who not. The support was variable.
Although after having my first jab I feel more optimistic there are a few little red flags. The vaccine cant give total protection although hopefully I would be less likely to be seriously ill/die. Theres the affect of new variants on the vaccine. I'm also wondering how much of an affect younger age groups who seem quite unwilling to have the vaccine will have. If what I've read recently is right the variants increase if large groups are not vaccinated which I worry may place those in high risk groups back ondoors/isolated.

As 93% of deaths in the UK have been in people aged over 60, age is still the crucial factor suziewoosie, and it’s not the case that the clinically extremely vulnerable list was age based, www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19. Here’s the list, and it covers people of all ages. It’s been amended a number of times previously since the first version, as the evidence has emerged regarding risk for specific groups.
I’m not in any way saying that it is inappropriate to add more people, just that it’s an evidence based approach, and they didn’t know at the beginning exactly how different groups of people would be affected.

Some in ethnic groups may not know they are at more risk from covid so it is a good thing that they are being asked to shield.

But... they all, we all, have had the choice to shield from day one. No one has been forced not to stay home and protect themselves.

I can't see how it is a disgrace or a scandal tbh. In what way is it sooziewoozie? Maybe I'm missing something.

These are people who have greater risks of adverse outcomes from COVId but were not considered previously because age - whilst clearly crucial - was maybe over emphasised to the exclusion of much else.

Here’s the link that explains it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/16/covid-almost-2m-more-people-asked-shield-england

Some people on this list have been scandalously ‘invisible’ upto now in the .system.

It does seem strange. The more the cases drop the tighter the restrictions become.
Do you know how many extra? What if lots of them are school teachers, NHS workers or people who might lose their jobs if they don't work?

I was thinking how awful it would be to have lost someone to covid and then found that they should (?) have been shielding.

It’s much more than this and in fact, it’s been a disgrace that some of those now added have had to wait this long