UK Covid death toll

[Derek Hardballs]

JOK - in defence of Dekka I don't think he's asking for the country to be hobbled by wearing a mask and not going to the shops if you're testing positive for Covid. Pretty basic stuff that if anything, will keep society healthier and freer that no restrictions whatsoever.

This - and also it would help if there appeared to be a plan for those that were still vulnerable. That may be with better education and knowledge sharing - a number of those may be scared without reason as they may be protected but education / information is obviously lacking.

Also the testing that is being carried out helps us to identify new variants and build up in cases that gives us time to react. Abandoning all measures does leave us vulnerable to the unrestricted spread of this again and the point this is happening is bizarre. Give it another few weeks to get us into spring and we stand a better chance of getting into the warmer months and continuing the benefits that we have worked so hard to gain.

I think most who are still vulnerable know they are and it isn’t about education. They will have been on shielding lists, identified by specialists. Yes you may get a few that aren’t and are overly worried but they will be in the minority. Shielding lists were scrapped but the people on them didn’t go away. For example you can’t just say my child is at risk therefore give me the vaccine they have to have supporting letters from their specialists and or GP to get anywhere near local CCG’s agreeing they can have the vaccine. This may change now after they announced all 5-11 year olds can have the jab. However they are at least 6-8 weeks away from a second vaccine dose and by any calculation that is throwing their safety under a bus. 

I think somewhere along the way the constant drip drip ‘all the vulnerable have had the vaccine’ has really skewed peoples perception of where many thousands of families actually are with the vaccination program and younger children.