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Personal story

First-hand experiences from Clinically Vulnerable people and their families.

“I just wanted to vote safely”: How Clinically Vulnerable voters have changed national guidance

14th October 20268th December 2025 by CVF
Andrea Barrett, wearing a mask, stands outside a polling station while a polling station worker, whose image is blurred, holds out a document.

Andrea did everything right at the polling station and was still told to remove her mask. Her story, and others like it, changed national guidance.

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‘If she’s so scared of Covid, she should just stay at home!’

14th October 202629th September 2025 by CVF
Two people in masks and winter hats beside a large potted Christmas tree outdoors; one is in a wheelchair.

A teenager from Northern Ireland on what it was like to go through secondary school while protecting a Clinically Vulnerable little sister.

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A Testing Search #Access2Antivirals

4th October 202621st May 2024 by CVF
A young man in a black face mask talks to a masked pharmacist holding a tablet at a pharmacy counter.

A positive test, a five-day window for antivirals and a trail of pharmacies that had never heard of the scheme. One member’s search for a lateral flow test.

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My interviews #MaskDiscrimination

4th October 202629th March 2024 by CVF
A job candidate wearing an FFP2 mask talks to an interview panel of three people across a meeting-room table.

After twelve years in the classroom, a teacher explains why bullying and ableism over wearing a mask left no choice but to leave the profession.

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