@Firefliess
Yes it's current advice to all shielders to shield until the end of March. But they're all vaccinated already (except some of them new ones I guess), so that makes little sense to me.
We are only vaccinated with 1 dose, for the most part.
I am also trying to get my head round this.
Mind you, something similar happened in June, just before lockdown ended. The shielded were told to stay in for another month.
Presumably there would be an expectation that when lockdown ends numbers might well go up generally.
There are
- people with clinical vulnerabilities that haven't been fully diagnosed
- people who refused a vaccine or can't have one
- vulnerable people who had the vaccine but might still get ill (in much smaller numbers) if we have another surge.
Presumably they want to avoid another lockdown, so want to minimise risks prior to opening up?
I have to say, I rather regretted being so compliant in the summer, when rates were very low. If I am vaccinated, and rates are low, then freedom looks inviting.
On the other hand, we do also have new variants and if the vaccines don't work so well with them, then the vulnerable remain at significant risk, don't they,