Clinically Vulnerable Families Survey: Masks, Protest, and Public Life

Clinically Vulnerable Families are based in the UK and were core participants for multiple modules of the Covid Inquiry, where they provided a voice for the many people who have been forgotten in the rush to return to the old normal and the “living with covid” strategy that started as a vax only strategy but has become a “booster infection” herd immunity strategy.

If you are in the UK and are Clinically Vulnerable, or have Clinically Vulnerable family then please consider completing and sharing CVF's survey.

This survey is open to all Clinically Vulnerable people, those in their families, and also people who wear masks in the UK. It asks about your experience of mask-wearing, the new protest law, and how these affect your daily life. Some questions ask about your health, or the health of a Clinically Vulnerable person in your household.

What the new law does: From 29 June 2026, under the Crime and Policing Act 2026, police in England and Wales can designate an area around a protest for up to 24 hours (extendable to 48). Inside a designated area, wearing anything that conceals your identity — including a face mask or respirator — is a criminal offence, punishable by up to a month's imprisonment or a fine. There is a health provision, but it works as a defence, not an exemption: a person wearing a mask in a designated area commits the offence, and must then prove their health reason afterwards — potentially after being stopped or arrested.

It takes about 4 minutes to complete.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2MjV9Nj4iwXnhCg_rsc941hKvEAFJJ9BV5NSgF53_-CeBSA/viewform

CV Families' wins at the UK Covid Inquiry

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Mar 25

CV Families are a group I have supported in one way or the other for years. I'm publishing their response to the UK Inquiry's Module 3 Report for those with a particular interest in clean air and how to achieve it.