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Socialist who is #CovidAware so still shielding & masking - MS & COPD. She/Her

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🚨Our NEW upgraded website is live - and our new style CVF newsletter launches today! Explore our resources on cheaper private vaccines, clean air, and schools, plus reports and our Covid Inquiry work. Visit, subscribe & share: www.clinicallyvulnerable.org?from=x-launch #ClinicallyVulnerable
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Clinically Vulnerable Families – UK support and advocacy
Clinically Vulnerable Families supports, informs and speaks up for Clinically Vulnerable households across the UK with evidence, campaigns and practical help.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow, now that's a graph! 😷 + 💉
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is a significant step. Homeless people are made Clinically Vulnerable due to their circumstances and should have always qualified for these vaccines. www.england.nhs.uk/2026/10/nhs-...
People experiencing homelessness can now get free flu and pneumococcal vaccinations as part of a new NHS programme. 

Vaccines will be offered through outreach teams, hostels, pop-up clinics and mobile vans.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Surprising message of the day! Eliminating infectious children from the classroom helps the individual child to recover, and it protects everyone else from infections. Well done this preschool! 👏👏👏
Burgoyne Heights Preschool.

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Follow

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Good morning

Due to the ongoing flu like symptoms going through the school we cannot rule out Covid even though tests may come back negative. There is a new variant going around the UK and the symptoms include:

High Temperature

Cough

Runny Nose

Body Aches

Headache

Loss of taste and smell

We have had so many poorly children and staff with these symptoms and we don't want it spread. Please keep your child at home if they present with any of these symptoms and do not bring them back until they are better.

Staff will be checking temperatures and if they think your child has any of these symptom's they will be sending your child home to recover.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
STEP 1️⃣: Don't vaccinate millions of Clinically Vulnerable people 🚫💉 STEP 2️⃣: Act confused when the next big Covid wave sends them to hospital 🌊🏥
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Covid hospitalisations up five-fold in a month, while cases double
Diagnoses of the bug are at their highest level since October 2025 and rising levels of Britons are being admitted for care. Figures show 950 admissions this August, which jumped to 4,939 in September...
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
😷 How did a medical mask go from public health protection to public order issue? One designation this summer covered 10 council wards for short march. The restriction applied to people who were not involved or near it. My piece for @netpol.org: netpol.org/2026/09/15/w...
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also, follow us on Substack: cvfamilies.substack.com/p/the-inquir...
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The Inquiry called for clean air in healthcare. Six months on, where is it?
Opinion | 20th September 2026
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Six months on, why hasn't there been action on clean air in healthcare? The Inquiry said air filtration should be prioritised across the UK. But it has slipped through the cracks of the government’s response. What happened - and what can YOU do? 👇
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The Inquiry called for clean air in healthcare. Six months on, where is it?
Opinion | 20th September 2026By Lara Wong, Founder and CEO, Clinically Vulnerable FamiliesChapter one of the Module 3 report, paragraph 1.105. Baroness Hallett writes that new hospitals should be desi...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Growing disquiet among Farage's supporters & Councillors about the new policy "Making Poor People Poorer" attacking Reform UK core voters meme via Sophia Jones
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Unless you and your family, friends and neighbours live in gated mansions, travel by private jet, holiday on luxury yachts it's not in your interests to support Reform UK Ditch the NHS destroyers the disability haters the poverty makers Be a decent human being meme via Joanne Martin
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"A Reform UK MP who remains suspended from the party over allegations of irregular Covid ‘Bounce Back’ loans was photographed by the party’s ‘Head of Wales’ campaigning for Nigel Farage in Clacton" via Nation.Cymru
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Dear Everyone That Wrote Articles Asking Where Has COVID Gone? 🤡
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 18/08/2026
The Guardian borrowed freely from attack lines against Jason Arday carried by the Mail, Times, Telegraph and elsewhere, says Jo Maugham: goodlaw.social/6xwp
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The Guardian and Professor Jason Arday | Good Law Project
The Guardian borrowed freely from attack lines against Jason carried by the Mail, Times, Telegraph and elsewhere, says Jo Maugham
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This isn't only about NHS staff. For Clinically Vulnerable people, extreme heat and poor air quality can be a serious health risk. We need a national plan for heat, wildfire smoke & indoor air quality. And we need to be part of creating it! @andyburnham.bsky.social @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social 6
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
But summer-proofing must mean more than cooling. We need healthy indoor environments: - Effective ventilation - Appropriate cooling - High-quality air filtration - to reduce BOTH infectious airborne diseases and pollution, including wildfire smoke. 5/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The RCN has also highlighted a fundamental problem: 🏥 Ageing NHS buildings ❌ Broken or inadequate air conditioning 🌡️ Buildings not designed for extreme heat This isn't just about comfort. It affects people's safety too! 4/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Royal College of Nursing (@thercnwales.bsky.social) have reported *unsafe* working conditions - with temperatures recorded up to 37°C. Nurses report: 🥵 Dripping in sweat 🥼 PPE adding heat 🛏 Collapsing 🤰 Pregnant nurses - heat impact health ⚡Pre-existing conditions - seizures 3/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
High-risk groups are not receiving the support they need, while the UK lacks the basic infrastructure to cope. Urgent action is needed! 2/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
📢BREAKING: NHS data on the heatwave shows that: 🌞July 2.49M attended A&E (80,244 per day) 🌞June - BUSIEST MONTH *EVER* - 8,1263 per day The UK is woefully unprepared for serious consequences faced by patients and staff. 1/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Module 7: CVF contributed witness evidence but was not granted Core Participant status. We highlighted otherwise missing evidence on the link between priority PCRs and antiviral access, the lack of planning for replacements, and much more. We look forward to the report!
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
“That’s the thing about a Burnham premiership: the right is scared he will fulfil his promises and the left is afraid he won’t.” My col. on what real change means - and why much of the right gets hysterical when ordinary people’s lives might improve a bit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Andy Burnham has made a bold start – but convincing people that change is possible will take much more | Frances Ryan
The new PM’s greatest task has long weighed down the left: convincing voters there are actually better days ahead, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
There's another win too, on 100% attendance awards - and how they've quietly punished children with chronic health issues for years. The new guidance finally shuts that down for children with allergies and asthma!!! READ OUR NEW ARTICLE 7/ www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/allergy...
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Hidden in the new school allergy guidance is a major victory for clean air
Two years ago, members of the Clinically Vulnerable community began telling us something was wrong. People who had voted all their lives no longer felt able to vote in person. The introduction of vote...
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Clinically Vulnerable Families spent years giving evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry on this explaining how schools blocked parents from installing their own air filters. We then helped to worked directly with the DfE on this guidance. 6/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Buried in the same guidance is a huge win. Clean air has been named for the first time as part of a school's basic duty of care. 5/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This updated guidance exists because Benedict Blythe died from anaphylaxis at school in 2021, aged just 5. His family's fight and * Benedict's Law * is why every school will soon need allergy policies, staff training and emergency adrenaline. 4/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Translation: You can now ask your asthmatic / allergic child's school for HEPA filters, and how they are monitoring air quality. And not having a plan isn't good enough anymore. 3/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
New DfE statutory guidance on allergy safety in schools states: "Clean air is a core asthma control measure. Good ventilation, air quality monitoring and supplemental HEPA air filtration are essential." Schools are now legally required to have regard to that. 2/
children. Exercise and cold air can also cause symptoms. Common symptoms include coughing, wheezing and breathlessness out of proportion to effort, and a tight chest. An asthma attack occurs when symptoms are severe, and breathing becomes difficult.

Poor air quality worsens asthma and increases asthma attacks, and those in deprived areas with poorer nutrition suffer increased negative health effects from poor air quality. Clean air is a core asthma control measure. Good ventilation, air quality monitoring and supplemental HEPA air filtration are essential, especially when ventilation is limited and outdoor air is polluted. Systematically integrating and embedding clean indoor air into legal health and safety duties, policies, procedures and practices will reduce pressure on staff and ensure consistency and support without too much extra work.

Children and young people known to have asthma should have their own reliever inhaler at school to treat symptoms and for use in the event of an asthma attack. If they are able to manage their asthma themselves they should keep their inhaler on
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
🚨 2 *HUGE* WINS for children's health have just been written into DfE statutory guidance - and the media didn't notice them! If your child is Clinically Vulnerable due to asthma or allergies, this changes what you can demand from their school. 1/🧵 www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/allergy...
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Hidden in the new school allergy guidance is a major victory for clean air
Two years ago, members of the Clinically Vulnerable community began telling us something was wrong. People who had voted all their lives no longer felt able to vote in person. The introduction of vote...
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Thank you! 🙏 💕+ 🔁 10/ #ProtectVulnerableProtesters
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If you are Clinically Vulnerable - or you just believe protest should be safe for everyone - follow us, share this thread. Also, please consider writing to your MP using our template email: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Find their email at: theyworkforyou.com/mp/ 9/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📢 🪧 The right to protest is meant to be for everyone! This law is telling Clinically Vulnerable people: Take part - but you must choose if you want to simply risk your health, or risk arrest (and subsequently risk your health). ...which is no choice at all!!! 8/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
To be fair, this isn't a blanket ban. It applies only in police-designated zones, for up to 24 hours, in England & Wales. But that's no use if you're Clinically Vulnerable and a zone is declared around a protest you have every right to join. 7/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
And so the burden falls on you... Under s.157 you have to prove your reason was health. Strikingly, the Act's defences for letting off flares, and for protesting outside politicians' homes, are drafted more leniently than the one for a sick person in a mask!!! 6/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
In practice: A Clinically Vulnerable person masking to protect themselves *can* be stopped, told to unmask, and potentially arrested first then only later gets to explain why. We shouldn't have to go to court for protecting our health! 5/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"But there's a health exemption, surely?" No. There's a health defence... and that is really not the same thing. * An exemption means you are protected. * A defence means you have already committed the offence - and you will have to justify yourself. 4/
(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that they wore or otherwise used the item for-

(a) a purpose relating to the health of the person or others,

(b) the purposes of religious observance, or

(c) a purpose relating to the person's work.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
What has changed: Before, wearing a mask wasn't an offence. You only broke the law if an officer told you to remove it and you refused. Now the *wearing itself* is the offence. Masking is the crime. 3/
PART 10

PUBLIC ORDER

CHAPTER 1

NEW OFFENCES RELATING TO PROTESTS AND ASSEMBLIES

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Offence of concealing identity at protests

(1) A person commits an offence if the person is-

(a) in a public place that is in a locality designated under section 158, and

(b) wearing or otherwise using an item that conceals their identity or another person's identity.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Crime and Policing Act 2026 (section 157) came into force on 29 June. Police can designate an area a "no-mask zone" for up to 24hrs around a protest. Wear anything that conceals your identity there - a protective respirator included - and you have committed an offence. 2/
PART 10

PUBLIC ORDER

CHAPTER 1

NEW OFFENCES RELATING TO PROTESTS AND ASSEMBLIES

157

Offence of concealing identity at protests

(1) A person commits an offence if the person is-

(a) in a public place that is in a locality designated under section 158, and

(b) wearing or otherwise using an item that conceals their identity or another person's identity.

(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that they wore or otherwise used the item for-

(a) a purpose relating to the health of the person or others,

(b) the purposes of religious observance, or

(c) a purpose relating to the person's work.

(3) Where the conduct described in subsection (1) takes place during the initial period specified under section 158(1), a person commits the offence under this section only if section 158(2) has been complied with in relation to the designation.

(4) Where the conduct described in subsection (1) takes place during a further period directed under section 158(3), a person commits the offence under this section only if section 158(4) has been complied with in relation to the designation.

(5) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🚨 WARNING: As of Monday, wearing a mask at a protest is a criminal offence in England & Wales. This is now the law. 🧵 on what this means for Clinically Vulnerable people... 1/ #ProtectVulnerableProtesters
Image of a masked protester

#ProtectVulnerableProtesters
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Finally, we would far rather see the money going into air filters in classrooms to improve attendance and health - as @london.gov.uk has implemented in London schools. We would love to meet to discuss this further. Even in the short-term it will save schools money. @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social 8/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🚨 If your child has been affected positively or negatively by 100% attendance awards or pressure to attend while unwell, we are researching this. Quick anonymous survey (5 mins): 👉www.clinicallyvulnerable.org Thank you! 🙏 7/
YOUR VIEWS MATTER

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Tell us how 100% school attendance expectations affect your child's wellbeing, health and school experience.

Your experience may help shape better policies

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🚨 Parents are speaking out about discriminatory 100% attendance awards at school. Children with health conditions are excluded by design. Where is the Equality Impact Assessment? We care about this, and are interested in gathering people's views: 👉 clinicallyvulnerable.org 1/
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58 students achieve 100% attendance across the entire school year and attend a Mad Hatter's Tea Party with the headteacher. All our 100% attenders entered for a prize draw at end of this week - one will win an iPad!

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🗳 Local elections are today! You can help us to check how new guidance is actually working for masked voters and whether the ventilation has improved. Your experiences matter! 📋 Complete our short audit → www.clinicallyvulnerable.org #MyMaskMyVote
COMPLETE OUR VOTING ACCESSIBILITY AUDIT

Don't forget to share your experiences with

#MyMask My Vote

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
For more information: www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/2026-lo...
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You helped change voting guidance. Now help us check it's working in the 2026 local elections.
The Voting Accessibility Audit for the 2026 local elections will open 7th May - and anyone can take part, even if you have a postal vote.Last time, you told us what was happening at polling stations. ...
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Complete our full survey afterwards at clinicallyvulnerable.org. Your evidence drove these changes. 💪 Hopefully 2026 is the year polling stations start applying them! THANK YOU! 💐💕 7/ #MyMaskMyVote
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Clinically Vulnerable Families | Support | Work School & Lives
Clinically Vulnerable Families provides information and support for people who are clinically vulnerable to Covid-19 and those in their households. The group is scientific / evidence-based. There is a...
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
📵 ALSO REMEMBER • No photos inside • Count open doors & windows • Be polite with staff. They are there to help! Polling station staff will do their best to accommodate requests where possible, though we recognise there may be situations where this isn't always feasible. 6/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
3. 😷 IF YOU MASK, WE NEED TO CAPTURE YOUR EXPERIENCES You don't need to be from a Clinically Vulnerable family to audit. Also, please share a masked selfie on the day to celebrate acknowledgement of your rights using #MyMaskMyVote - we will repost them. 5/
#MyMaskMyVote

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Vote at local elections

Dont forgot to bring your CO2 monitor to measure IAQ

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Take a masked selfie outside

Share on social media using #MyMaskMy Vote

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Complete our accessibility audit

Available 7/5/26-6/6/26

POLLING STATION

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LUPA

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
2. 👀 LOOK AROUND AS YOU ARRIVE We need to check ventilation. • Is the front door propped open? • Are other doors / windows open? • Any air filters? • Mechanical ventilation running? Take a mental note. 4/ #MyMaskMyVote
Take a look to see if windows or doors are propped open. Count them for our accessibilty audit.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
1. 🌬️ BRING YOUR CO₂ MONITOR - if you have one! Take the indoor reading of CO₂ (in ppm) ideally at head height, 50cm away from people, leaving over 30 seconds to settle. Remember the number... you need it later! 3/ #MyMaskMyVote
Image of a CO2 monitor. Signage for polling station visible behind.

However, this was taken *outside* of a polling station immediately after being inside. This is not how to measure CO2! It is for illustrative purposes only.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Last year, your evidence helped us change the Electoral Commission guidance for assisting Clinically Vulnerable voters - which has improved safety for everyone. This year, we NEED YOUR HELP - to audit whether the guidance has worked. 🙏 2/ Read more 👇 www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/post/2026-lo...
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You helped change voting guidance. Now help us check it's working in the 2026 local elections.
The Voting Accessibility Audit for the 2026 local elections will open 7th May - and anyone can take part, even if you have a postal vote.Last time, you told us what was happening at polling stations. ...
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