🚨FINAL CVF EVIDENCE
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However, out amazing team have clipped these extracts for you!
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CVF's Survey
In the summer of 2025, CVF gathered in depth survey evidence about the impacts of the pandemic on CV households - which has now been shared multiple times to inquiry experts and others.
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People were commonly told that
"They should hurry up and die so that they could get their lives back."
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Unaddressed health risks
CVF member, Jaden was referred to a psychologist after his MacMillan counselling sessions ended when an unaddressed health risk had been psychologised as a mental health issue.
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Pandemic trauma
This has had a huge impact on people who continue to wear masks.
Moral injury of Healthcare workers knocked on to CV people.
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Story of an actress with Cancer
Where people were encouraged to return to work with Covid, this made workplaces unsafe for Clinically Vulnerable people.
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Post Freedom Day and Living with Covid
The lack of protective measures was exclusionary.
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People were either excluded from society, or, without information people were taking a risk.
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People at risk were increasingly excluded.
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The closure and reopening of places of worship - and how it impacted on CV people and those in CV households.
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Some people lost their faith as a consequence of the pandemic.
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The withdrawal of shielding
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The importance of data
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Healthcare became less accessible, particularly where people could not mask.
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How the quality of life for Clinically Vulnerable people was impacted.
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The serious financial impacts of unaddressed health risks.
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"Following the guidance"
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The impact of rules and guidance.
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If we gave people the tools and the skills to manage risks we could have been reducing transmission overall.
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Clinically Vulnerable people were stigmatised.
Personal responsibility is something we never could have taken when it is an airborne virus.
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High population density places, with high risk populations were at increased risk.
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Domestic abuse refuges were unable to meet social distancing guidance.
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People experiencing domestic abuse who were also Clinically Vulnerable faced extreme risk and, for some, near total isolation.
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CVF's list of recommendations include...
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Our top 3 asks:
1. Safety:
Individuals can't be expected to manage ventilation. Understanding about how people can manage their own risks.
2. Status:
Clinically Vulnerable people's intrinsic risks exist outside of pandemics, it is not purely a pandemic related issue.
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3. The right to wear a mask
CVF believes that everyone should have the right to wear a mask, and that people should not be challenged for doing so.
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Questions from @RubyPeacock19 representing @The_TUC:
Regarding the potential benefits of the Welsh Covid-19 Workforce Risk Assessment Tool (to be considered across the UK).
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@RubyPeacock19 @The_TUC "When it is safe enough for the most vulnerable, it is safe enough for everyone.'
* Clean indoor air must be a priority *
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@RubyPeacock19 @The_TUC The benefits of air filters to reduce risks to reduce the cliff edge and how to wear a better mask.
Plus, our thanks to the @covidinquiryuk for making the one of the safest rooms the country that you can be in! 👏🙏💨
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