You have been excellent in this thread throughout.Day to day tells you little. Trends matter most. 4 deaths today are equally misleading. They will likely be up tomorrow and that would be equally wrong to consider significant.
But again like with the cases the trends are in the right direction over the past week or so. That is the thing to watch.
That's a very positive statement. The conspiracy theorists will be gutted that their perfect utopia of us being locked down forever is crumbling before their very eyes.Independent reporting news carried by the Times. Yes I know that's strange. Anyway...
"We will have a lot to say about the booster programme soon. It’s looking really positive so far...“We think that the level of protection in the population to any variant will be so high that, by Christmas, Covid-19 should have just faded into the background like any other illness in circulation.”
And another story: Porton-down to be involved in research against new variants including vaccines
A bit more detail about the Times article as it is behind a paywall.Independent reporting news carried by the Times. Yes I know that's strange. Anyway...
"We will have a lot to say about the booster programme soon. It’s looking really positive so far...“We think that the level of protection in the population to any variant will be so high that, by Christmas, Covid-19 should have just faded into the background like any other illness in circulation.”
And another story: Porton-down to be involved in research against new variants including vaccines
You're right. Take a look at Mumsnet (no, don't) and see several women deciding to delay their pre-booked second jab a few days or so to help with childcare or get a closer appointment. I expect were prioritising the first jab over everything earlier in the year.I think some people are prepared to wait a bit longer to get their second jab closer to home, based on some people I know. I just went back to the same vaccination centre.