did you say you are already booked in for second jab?
But the whole population will not be vaccinated until late 2022 apparentlyIndia started ramping up the production of the oxford vaccine in march 2020 based on the hope that the trials would be ok. This is the largest vaccine manufacturer worldwide. In parallel they stocked vials etc. Now supplying not only India but neighbouring countries. Going for 350m people covered in india within a few months.
Yep. I think it's because I've not waited to be contacted by GP services and just booked at nearest vaccination centre/pharmacy. They gave me the option.
Is there a special vaccine for people on the Isle of Sheppey?Either the website was overwhelmed, or suffering a glitch, or they read this board and read my grumble. Now booked in for 1st & 2nd jabs, 1st in a week. No idea when aany easing of restrictions will come but this has cheered me up a bit. Sheerness here I come!
great. So is it 12 weeks between.
I think those figures will come out in his road map on the 22nd.Johnson, please don't cave in to the CRG nutters and release from lockdown too quickly again.
Figures coming down nicely. Be cautious.
Have to agree with Nobby about the peurile media obsessing with dates. We can't fix dates. The virus doesn't work like that. Obsessing with dates in the past has led the government to loosen up when it wasn't appropriate.
I know it's really frustrating but our policies cannot be influenced by choosing particular dates or time limits.
What we should have had (and might eventually get next week) is the criteria by which we will come out of lockdown, such as a combination of R number/cases/hospitalisations/deaths.
Johnson has said today that he is determined that this will be the last lockdown but that that will mean doing it gently and getting it right. Must say I totally agree and will gladly take another two months of relatively tight restrictions if it means less people dying and all of us getting back to some sort of normality.
Bojo is 5 points ahead and Starmer steadily losing ground. Having a meeting with Unite at Heathrow in a small conference room with no social distancing and no masks and then allowing a photo to be published before being hastily deleted is as ham-fisted as Bojo was last year.I think those figures will come out in his road map on the 22nd.
The media thing is getting right on my nerves now, every press briefing is followed by "when will you lift lockdown?" etc etc. Problem is, it's starting to bleed through to the public now, loads of people on social media claiming we should start lifting restrictions now the oldies have had the jab and let the young get on with it. Now, as much as I agree with some of the sentiment, with caveats, it's become a classic example of the media driving the news and is highly dangerous.
Johnson has said today that he is determined that this will be the last lockdown but that that will mean doing it gently and getting it right. Must say I totally agree and will gladly take another two months of relatively tight restrictions if it means less people dying and all of us getting back to some sort of normality.
Incidentally 58, have you noticed the change in tack of Johnson's briefings in the months since Cummings went?
Far less bluster and gusto about how brilliant "we" are (as claimed over the "world beating" test and trace) and more careful optimism with a pinch of humility and gratitude for the work others are doing? As I said to Buddha (I think) some weeks ago, too much of what politicians say is taken literally and credited to them directly when most of the time, they are just mouthpieces for high ranking civil servants who "advise" them on what the public want to hear.
I saw an opinion poll the other day that puts The Tories back in the lead, bet Johnson wishes he'd ditched DC straight after his "eyesight test"
Yes re Jonnson. Still loathe the lying sh#t but the briefings are now bearable and less of this world beating/moonshot sh#t. I assume Allegra Sratton his new media person has got hold of him and sorted it. He has developed a tiny bit of a spine.I think those figures will come out in his road map on the 22nd.
The media thing is getting right on my nerves now, every press briefing is followed by "when will you lift lockdown?" etc etc. Problem is, it's starting to bleed through to the public now, loads of people on social media claiming we should start lifting restrictions now the oldies have had the jab and let the young get on with it. Now, as much as I agree with some of the sentiment, with caveats, it's become a classic example of the media driving the news and is highly dangerous.
Johnson has said today that he is determined that this will be the last lockdown but that that will mean doing it gently and getting it right. Must say I totally agree and will gladly take another two months of relatively tight restrictions if it means less people dying and all of us getting back to some sort of normality.
Incidentally 58, have you noticed the change in tack of Johnson's briefings in the months since Cummings went?
Far less bluster and gusto about how brilliant "we" are (as claimed over the "world beating" test and trace) and more careful optimism with a pinch of humility and gratitude for the work others are doing? As I said to Buddha (I think) some weeks ago, too much of what politicians say is taken literally and credited to them directly when most of the time, they are just mouthpieces for high ranking civil servants who "advise" them on what the public want to hear.
I saw an opinion poll the other day that puts The Tories back in the lead, bet Johnson wishes he'd ditched DC straight after his "eyesight test"
Come off it Phil. Starmer would have to f#ck up every day for a month to get anywhere near Johnson's ineptitude.Bojo is 5 points ahead and Starmer steadily losing ground. Having a meeting with Unite at Heathrow in a small conference room with no social distancing and no masks and then allowing a photo to be published before being hastily deleted is as ham-fisted as Bojo was last year.