Was reading earlier how Hancock was instrumental in the success after making a vital decision not to offer the contract to Merck (with Oxford).
Same when I had a flu jab before Christmas, big queues but very smooth, joined a queue of about 100, was done in ten minutes. It can be done, and it’s the responsibility of the people in the queue to wear a mask and keep their distance. No gets an advantage by not doing these things.
Beth are the scientists now doing the logistics roll out? Sorry but throughout this pandemic I have congratulated the scientists and the NHS... all the way. This fab roll out however is down to the government and many other people including volunteers. I am surprised my post didn’t get more likes but then again on this thread I guess I need to blame the government all the time to receive one? People should just accept that the government has done bloody well here. It wasn’t long ago that people on here were moaning that we weren’t part of that doomed agreement. Those voices have fallen silent. I think rather than continually moaning about stuff posters should be pleased that we are doing a great job with the vaccine roll out. It doesn’t hurt for people to occasional say ‘ yeah they have done well here’.
The logistics are being rolled out by the NHS trusts, the Go networks, the pharmacy network. The local logistics set up. As it should have been for the trace and track system...but it wasn't...it was subcontracted to Serco and others. So I congratulate the government wholeheartedly for at last doing the right thing and leaving it to the experts in the NHS and allied networks and not intervening to get their mates in.
The government oversees this. Funny when it went wrong it was their fault and when they get it right it’s everyone else that gets the praise? We should rename the ‘Covidcast’ thread to ‘ we hate the government so let’s bitch about them’ thread? I’m sure a few people will be happy?
Weird how you spend three days spamming the board with near-identical tweets from right wing talking heads then cry victim again.
1 Great work going on in Newcastle, where 31 GP practices have banded together to give vaccines at the rate of 30 every five minutes in a couple of basketball courts under one roof. They had visited every care home in the city earlier in the month. Sole aim is to vaccinate the most vulnerable as quickly as possible. Elsewhere single practices are getting people into the village hall on Thursday mornings. No one has told them how to do this, they are left to decide on their own. The dynamic approach taken in Newcastle is the result of consent and collaboration, not ‘guidance’ or ‘oversight’. https://www.theguardian.com/society...ne-behind-scenes-at-newcastle-covid-operation
You see Watford you are wrong yet again. I made sure that I choose the articles from a fair mix... including The Guardian just to please a few. The truth is we have a few posters who just dislike the government and no matter what they do, will never give them credit. I know there a some who must be hating all this good news but tough 2222. 9m vaccines give 600k yesterday. Plenty will moan but won’t mind getting the jab.
It’s plausible to think this is a terrible government for various reasons and also not wish to contract a potentially fatal virus.
