Family shielding for over three years claim they've been forgotten as world moves on
dailyrecord.co.ukA family still shielding more than three years after the beginning of the pandemic say they have become forgotten as the rest of the world moves on.Rob Boxall and his family insist visitors have to isolate for two weeks before they can see them.
His wife Mandy has had seven Covid jabs but still has no protection. They are continuing to shield due to Mandy being in remission from blood cancer, and his daughter Mollie - who has cerebral palsy - not having the antibodies to fight off Covid.
The trio have been shielding at home since the pandemic struck more than three years ago in March of 2020, and say isolation is a 'lonely existence' in which they feel forgotten.
Mr Boxall even lost his job due to the strains placed on his life by the pandemic. With the government's advice for shielding having ended on 'Freedom Day' in July 2021, families like the Boxalls have been forced to make their own rules to protect themselves.
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