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Did anybody receive a shielding letter today?

39 replies

MagicoRomantico · 29/10/2020 17:53

Somebody on twitter said they received a shielding letter today signed by the government saying they should shield until July 2021.

Did anybody here receive one? There's been no announcement about shielding. This is someone in England.

It's very worrying and tells me the government are expecting a really bad Winter and Spring Sad

OP posts:
HotToCold · 29/10/2020 19:12

He says

‘The postman says its an Emergency delivery’

Really?!?!?!

TheGoWorm · 29/10/2020 19:13

@HotToCold Yes in the comments on the tweet thread.

TheGoWorm · 29/10/2020 19:14

Also his pinned tweet is "I have refused an offer of £767,000 plus expenses from the wife of a current senior Tory cabinet minister that made a viscous attempt to attack myself & my family"

I would say it's a fake account, scare mongering attempt etc.

HotToCold · 29/10/2020 19:15

Yes i know

What postman says

Its an emergency delivery.....

BS .....

He isnt telling the truth...

No first page with the date

Trackandtrace · 29/10/2020 19:24

My child got a letter today because she had been shielding. It basically says. You were shielding as bery high risk and although we arent asking you shield at this time we want to remind you of the risks and ask that you are as careful as possible

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe · 29/10/2020 19:50

I also had an e-mail from Iceland about priority deliveries again - that stopped back in August when the shielding stopped. It looks like the government or whomever, asked supermarkets to reinstate this.

msbevvy · 29/10/2020 20:06

I have been getting the Iceland priority emails for at least the last couple of months. I only signed up just before shielding stopped.

TheGoWorm · 29/10/2020 21:15

ChaChaCha2012 - 119 has been around since the letters went out in London. Don't know where you are but 119 started in May here which is when letters were still going out (as they changed the categories for many health conditions).

RogueV · 29/10/2020 22:16

It’s a load of rubbish. You’re very gullible OP. Keep reading further down he says the Postman said it was an Emergency Delivery 😂🙄🙄

Madhairday · 29/10/2020 22:33

No, it's exactly the same as the one I got back in June - here.

Did anybody receive a shielding letter today?
MereDintofPandiculation · 29/10/2020 22:43

It mentions loss of taste as a symptom. It wasn't till weeks after the original letter went out that they added loss of taste as a key symptom.

DH got one of the original letters. They came from the NHS, not from the Government

This seems to show the original letter.

But just because it's not the original letter doesn't mean it's genuine. Both Matt Hancock's and Robert Jenrick's signatures can be found by googling and could be cut and pasted.

MereDintofPandiculation · 29/10/2020 22:50

Aha, Got it!! It's not the initial shielding letter, it's the second letter, which went out on 22nd June

MereDintofPandiculation · 29/10/2020 22:51

So, yes, it's a deliberate attempt to mislead.

iolaus · 29/10/2020 22:54

I had one yesterday (am in Wales) -it basically says you are on the shielding list, rates are going up so here is some advice to keep you safe

You do not need to re-start shielding but take extra care and the priority access to supermarket homedelivery remains in place

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