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The clinically vulnerable people furious at the government for removal of Covid restrictions - and those who aren't

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‘The government has left us to the wolves’. That's the view of one worried mum, who fears the impact of the end of Covid-19 restrictions.

Boris Johnson’s announcement that all Covid measures should end - including self isolation after positive tests and free mass testing - caused outcry among people with health conditions. READ MORE "Our children could die": Parents of vulnerable children left terrified as Covid isolation rules scrapped Those who fall into the vulnerable category say this is yet another example of the country’s leaders ‘forgetting’ about them.

Others say there are now more important things to worry about, like the rising cost of living. Many are stuck in limbo. They don't want people's lives to be limited by Covid rules, but desperately need some form of protection if they too are to enjoy a return to normality safely - something the government has 'forgotten', they claim.

Victoria Currie is the mother of five-year-old Arthur, a little boy from Bacup suffering a rare form of kidney cancer. His parents have been forced to keep him off school, over fears of him catching Covid-19 while going through round after round of gruelling treatment compromising his immune system. What do you think of the end of Covid restrictions?

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