Kendrick et al1 discuss the missed opportunities to protect the primary care workforce from exposure to SARS-CoV-2, such as: personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages; Public Health England (PHE) following World Health Organization interim guidance, which advocated that healthcare workers (HCWs) use fluid-resistant surgical masks (FRSM); and filtering facepiece respirators (FFP) being restricted to HCWs performing aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs). Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) guidance issued in March 2020 reflects the …