Whirlpool Tumble Dryers - use it or scrap it?

I see on the news this morning that the official Whirlpool advice that your tumble dryer is safe to use as long as you are in the house. Electrical Safety campaigners argue what are we all taught to do in the event of a fire? Evacuate  

So now, do you stay and fight an electrical fire?

Leon Livermore, CEO of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute did an interview on the radio urging the government to get involved before someone dies!

But on a practical level, it seems you may have to wait 11 months before a Whirlpool engineer arrives and sorts your machine out, so what do you do in the meantime?

I know our machine gets plenty of use, so not using it is a non starter, unless we scrap it and buy another one. In which case will we get refunded?

Apparently according to the press their were 5.3 million faulty dryers sold between 2004 and 2015, so that's a lot of replacement machines and a lot of disruption if you decide not to use your machine until it's checked.

You can check to see if you are affected by visiting this specially set up page:

Safety Notice - Tumble Dryers

So what do you think? Do you have a duff dryer? Are you still using it or are you playing safe?