New Mask Exemption Regime

[king1]

Honestly? A lot of the reasons you give for exemption can be overcome with the right approach and counselling. It is too easy to just hand over an exemption on the grounds of any claimed disability. And I accept that many are invisible. Sometimes though we need to overcome our own limitations in order to protect other people. And funny thing, in my experience, doing that is really hard, but it has unexpected benefits for those who do it.

totally agree that they are handed out like a lolly scramble at the moment, ideally I would have thought they should require a medical certificate, or to be issued by a medical professional (what could possibly go wrong there), just to make it that little bit harder to obtain.

The thing is everyone's medical condition is different, there are presumably different degrees of PTSD for example? Ultimately like lots of medical issues I suspect,  blanket, black and white scenarios just don't exist.  IF you can accept that, then the logical extension is some people with PTSD will be more affected than others, and in some cases to an extent they have greater symptoms than others, some might just get flashbacks or whatever, others might not be able to wear masks, depends on the circumstances of their PTSD.   

I just hope folks consider carefully when they do encounter someone without a mask and a mask exemption - you just don't know what their circumstances are, or their medical history...  under the new regime it seems it will also be considered discrimination to enquire/ask/harass/abuse folks under the circumstances...

I will again restate I am only referring to the genuine cases, although clearly some folks here feel there is no such thing as a genuine mask exemption case, not much one can do for that...

Although...

• One could consider the purpose for the government mask exemption regime in the first place, and wonder why it exists...
  
• One could consider the reasons why the government has felt the need to make the document itself "legally recognised as conclusive proof of a person’s exempt status",  and make it discrimination under the Human Rights Act to violate that...