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I am writing to ask if we can have stricter mitigations in place so as to reduce the risks of people getting infected by those that either refuse a vaccine and/or refuse to wear a face covering. I will be going back to work soon and I am concerned that some colleagues will refuse a vaccine for wild reasons that lack any evidential basis. What I propose in this situation is that it become mandatory that they provide a regular negative lateral flow test.As for face coverings, our new company policy states that if you are exempt, you can wear a face visor. However, as several scientists have pointed out during this pandemic face visors do absolutely nothing to reduce the spread of covid. And I fear that some of my colleagues may use this new policy to only wear a face visor despite the fact that they managed to wear face masks with no trouble throughout last year. If they do this, they are significantly putting people at risk like myself who has a long-term health condition as well as the people I live with who also have long-term health conditions.Furthermore, we are based in a fairly small working environment making social distancing difficult. It is, therefore, even more, imperative that face coverings are worn.Moreover, if a person is so vulnerable that they cannot wear a face mask then it stands to reason that they should be shielding as much as reasonably possible anyway. The exemption of face coverings acts as a loophole that has and will continue to be abused by those that simply just don't want to wear one. If we want covid reduced as much as and as quickly as possible, and the avoidance of another lockdown, etc then this is where strict mitigation is needed.To conclude, I propose making it mandatory that those that refuse vaccinations provide regular negative lateral flow tests, face visors being deemed unsuitable for reduction of covid risk, and that face masks continue to be worn at all times in working environments where social distancing is proving difficult.
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