Gov list of vulnerable conditions here

[Helenj1977]

Updated this evening. I can't remember how to do links 🤔

www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults

ZeroOneOneTwoThree the '12 week isolation' is the most severely at risk group. The at risk group are just being 'strongly advised' to WFH, not use public transport, not go to social gatherings and stop non essential contact. They haven't specified a time period for that, but assume its until further notice. These people can still go out as normal to do shopping etc. The seriously at risk group will be advised nto to leave the house at all, for any reason, for 12 weeks, possibly more.

Just to add, if you fall into the group who need to be strictly isolated for 12 weeks, you will be contacted by the NHS starting from Monday 23rd. If you are in this group you will know about it, if you are at all unsure now.

Minowskisbutterfly I was.told although for years I was offered flu jab and declined stupid I know.Then I got a virus and struggled to breath.When I enquired if I could have t the jab I was told no as I didn't have brown inhaler to control asthma.
Surely corona virus would aggravate any asthma though mild or otherwise.

@whatisforteamum

Have a look at the asthma org I don’t have asthma however briefly read that they are advising to use the normal daily pump every day even if you don’t have symptoms in case you catch covid

I think one outcome of all of this will be people hopefully taking a little more responsibility for their health, it must be an incredible wake up call to realise in such sharp focus that your weight puts you at an increased risk of dying from COVID-19. It’s easy to go through life ignoring that your health choices are harming you when it’s not right in front of your nose. I used to smoke and as I had an inhaler to control my asthma it took me a while to quit as I always felt like I would be fine as the inhaler would rescue me. So glad now I quit a few years ago as otherwise COVID-19 would hit me much harder. We all live as if we will be okay no matter what we do to our bodies but I’m seeing a lot of shock from people who have smoking-exacerbated asthma/have let themselves become morbidly obese. I hope that translates into taking better responsibility for ourselves when this is over.

Why couldn't they have released this info at the same time as Bloody Stupid Johnson's press conference? Because it's not an exhaustive list, that would take days, reams of paper!

I have ME/CFS. That's not on the list but I went over the ME association and confirmed that, as I am immuno suppressed, I am vulnerable and have decided not to isolate but to do a lot of distancing. IO am self employed and have jst sent out an email to all clients advising htem of the additional steps I will be taking.

Maybe anyone who thinks they may be vulnerable could do something similar via Google, as many such associations have updated their web pages, facebook etc.

People with ME/CFS are not immunosuppressed, so do not need to panic. If you have the luxury and ability to choose to isolate or have other health concerns, by all means, go ahead. But try not to panic.

I'm not panicking!

And will admit I have been using the term immuno suppressed as short had for "Any cold could lay me out for weeks, I am not taking any chances with this bugger" . It is more easily nderstoo dand clients tend not to argue with me when I use the term. My apologies, I stayed lazy when posting here! I REALLY shoud have thought twice before posting that!

ME advice is: Viral infections are a very common factor in causing symptom exacerbation and relapse of ME/CFS – sometimes severe and prolonged.

So, everyone with ME/CFS should be taking simple self-help measures that reduce the risk of both spreading infections and catching infections from other people – these are listed below.

For people with ME/CFS who are not housebound, considering how to reduce your social mobility now needs to be considered.

I wish I could spell.... more apologies!

Very Intresting read:)

www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cambridge-research-team-working-towards-vaccine-against-covid-19

“A vaccine strategy needs to be laser specific, targeting those domains of the virus’s structure that are absolutely critical for docking with a cell, while avoiding the parts that could make things worse,” he says. “Our technology does just that.”

Their approach is to look at the genetics of these viruses to identify the key piece of genetic code that the virus uses to produce the essential part of its coat, the spikes, that are important for docking with a cell and to target these elements with the vaccine.

“What we end up with is a mimic, a mirror image of part of the virus, but minus its bad parts, the non-essential parts that could trigger those bad immune responses. What remains is just the magic bullet, essentially, to trigger the right type of immune response.”

Then, using a combination of artificial intelligence and synthetic biology, the team create a vaccine that includes this piece of genetic code, which can be injected into an individual. The body’s immune cells will then find it, decode it and us the information to program the rest of the immune system to produce antibodies against it.

The next step is to then test the vaccine in pre-clinical trials – in other words, give the vaccine to mice to check that it is safe to use. Mice are an important part of vaccine research: their physiology and immune systems are similar enough to ours to enable researchers to minimise the risk to humans taking part in clinical trials.

DIOSynVax’s approach is much faster than current vaccine development technologies, says Heeney, which means that even allowing for essential pre-clinical mouse studies, his vaccine candidate could be ready for human clinical trials as early as June. He is currently seeking funding to pursue his work further and a pharmaceutical company with whom to partner on clinical trials