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Diabetes and covid19

  • 20-03-2020 1:22am
    #1
    hadepsx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,517 ✭✭✭


    Just a shower thought: in this country it is very hard to get disability allowance for type one diabetes, well that I know of. So if a type one diabetic is on jobseekers allowance, how does the current situation of social isolation and so on, regarding covid19, allow that person to attain a job. Considering that diabetes has been name checked in the high risk category for this virus? And add in the fact that this situation will most likely continue for a good few months. Are there many cases of diabetics on disability allowance?.


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  • #2
    Pickboosgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭Pickboosgo


    No type 1 diabetes on its own (without complications /additional Illness) dose not qualify for disability allowance.
    Type 1 are higher risk of developing worse effects of covid19 but not at higher risk of catching it. The current situation is of social distancing not isolation. Type one diabetics are still working, including in fields like nursing where they are very exposed.


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