Hi Sarah, I like your advice and believe me, I have had this discussion on more than one occasion.
On 25/03/2020, 15:57, "Sarah Witwicka" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Best advice would be to stop smoking?
There’s a great Inside Health episode playing on R4 right now re Coronavirus. Someone said that the mortality rate is far higher in smokers and that’s (partly) why it’s been higher in Italy and Spain.
Best wishes,
Sarah
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> On 25 Mar 2020, at 15:31, Pip James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi. I know that some days ago there was some discussion about whether asthmatics were considered 'vulnerable' under the covid-19 guidance and that some opinion was that this would depend on their steroid use. Well, here is a related question:
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> a female employee, who professes to have asthma but admits to rarely using her inhalers and who smokes has said that she should be working from home.
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> She cannot do all of her job at home. Part of her role is to take samples from around the plant where cocoa liquor is produced. The number of staff on site is small...about 3-4 per shift and she could take her samples without necessarily coming across anyone.
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> What do you all think?
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> My advice when asked today has been that she could work from home and come in to work for short periods of time for the above reasons.
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