Great news about the vaccine.
I have one fear about this Pfizer jab and that is that a portion of it will go to the rich/elite and their families. Hopefully just my paranoia but i don't want Rupert or Eugenie getting it before the vulnerable and those who look after them.
Very fair and logical suggestions, but it doesn't perhaps explain the high and rising case rate when everywhere else seems to be either slowly decreasing or plateuing. It's quite a quick escalation there. It begs the question if this will be a short lived respite for other areas of the UK and we will all follow Wales eventually or if they're getting something inherently wrong which other places aren't. Strange but tragic situation.
Wales have had the worst pandemic of the 4 home nations. I have mentioned this a few times over past months.
Either way it is a concern. Really they need full lockdown to Christmas there on these numbers.
If people are vulnerable or front line they should be eligible no matter their socio-economic status.
The situation in Wales varies considerably from area to area. The case rates in most of North, Mid and West Wales are pretty low, except for the more industrialised areas (i.e. Wrexham and Flintshire).
By far the highest rates are in the former coalfield areas of South Wales: e.g. Merthyr, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent.
It's to do with poverty, urban density, the types of jobs people do and the underlying health of the population, all of which are more adverse in the Valleys.