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Feb 2021
A Harrogate man has spoken of his despair at being one of 1.7 million people told to shield again for another five weeks.
Scott Lambert, 35, has a rare autoimmune disease called behçets syndrome and is classed as clinically extremely vulnerable.
He received an email from the government yesterday advising him to extend shielding from February 21 to March 31.
Mr Lambert told the Stray Ferret he was vaccinated three weeks ago at Harrogate's Great Yorkshire Showground and, after spending much of last year shielding and all of this year, thought the end was in sight.
So to receive the news out of the blue yesterday was "beyond unfair", he said, adding:
Mr Lambert, who lives in Jennyfields, said the showground vaccination programme was well run. He added a Facebook group called Shielders Support had been extremely helpful to local shielders. But yesterday's news came as a "shock to all".
The email urged him to "stay at home as much as possible", adding:
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