Why are the NHS and Government tone-deaf to the fact that people living with Dementia/Alzheimer's should receive shielding letters, they do not deem them worthy.  The initial letters were paused on 31 July 2020 and are currently been reissued due to the disproportionately high cases.  It is a well-known fact that people living with Dementia/Alzheimer's usually have other underlying health conditions.  A huge portion of the Covid deaths in 2020 were people who had Dementia/Alzheimers and yet they still don't meet the criteria!  Evidence suggests that people living with dementia are more likely to contract COVID-19 than people without dementia, but also that older adults living with dementia are more likely to have severe disease outcomes from the virus, including increased risk of death.  Therefore I implore you to sign this petition and to ask your friends and family to do the same, as the threat of this disease remains real and the effect on our loved ones is very tangible, we need our Government to act and to act now to protect our most defenseless members of society and by doing so not only are we safeguarding the most vulnerable population who are more susceptible to the virus and its effects. We need to raise the profile of these vulnerable people and the awareness that these members of society are being forgotten about/or neglected.  The spread of this virus over the next few months is going to make life very challenging for every member of society but the well-being of those who are living with Dementia/Alzheimer needs to at the forefront and this time we need to be their voice, we need to strive to ensure that they are not forgotten about this time round!