We are getting ours tomorrow.really glad we booked early looks like everyone will be wanting it too this year.i think when the covid vaccine comes we should be given the option of paying for it if we can afford it to pay towards the damage covid has done to the economy.
Gove was on Radio 4 attempting (or not) to address the new announcements.
Yesterday, the Wittly/Vallance team said:
“...The third one, and in many ways the most difficult, is that we have to
break unnecessary links between households because that is the way in
which this virus is transmitted..”
...so the interviewer was quite rightly pressing him on what 'unnecessary links' were and how that fitted with 'the rule of six'. Hmmm. Going back to March, unnecessary social contacts were also targeted but that was ignored and a lock down followed.
Hopefully Boris will square the circle and explain how both things can exist together as 'the rule of six' and 'unnecessary links' appear to be at odds with each other.
As for flu-jabs.... I normally have a jab as I'm at risk apparently. The surgery typically sent out a letter a month or two in advance requesting that you called and booked an appointment. Nothing had turned up this year, so I called the surgery:
'...Oh, we changed the system here. We now text you to notify you....'
They have my landline number (and that can send and receive texts), but obviously their texting software doesn't attempt to send to landline. So without any notification, they simply moved to an imperfect system and didn't notify anyone who hadn't registered their mobile as their contact number. Given that flu jabs are typically for the older age group, I wonder how many others had their landline as the contact number and will now dip out on getting a jab unless they realise they haven't been contacted and call the surgery?
Spoke to my 2nd cousin, who works in a different surgery (miles away in Peterborough) in admin, and she said that her surgery had done exactly the same thing - just switched to text from mail without notifying people or updating their data - even though the admin team had pointed out the flaws to the powers that be.
If anyone, who would normally have a jab, hasn't been contacted I would suggest you get in touch with your surgery in case this switch in systems is nationwide.
I had mine yesterday, I didn’t receive any phone calls or text, I just know the time they’re due and that I want one, why wait to be invited. Just ring and book. I don’t know what the Supermarkets are doing, I just used to walk into Morrison and get it done.
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Look closely at the hair when Johnson makes his next public appearance. Neatly combed hair (as in when he wanted to become Tory leader) -we're in serious trouble😱 Cheeky chappy messy hair - there's nothing to worry about😒
Think it might be neatly combed to disguise the fact that it’s thinning at the front ... what’ll he do when it’s even thinner? ... he’s got fine hair anyway ... if he doesn’t have it cropped short he’ll run the risk of looking like Elmo in Brush Strokes ‘All right Jacko?’ Remember that? 😆
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Neatly combed hair (as in when he wanted to become Tory leader) -we're in serious trouble😱
Cheeky chappy messy hair - there's nothing to worry about😒
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.