This year, the autumn roll out of Covid jabs on the NHS is a lot more restrictive. Not everyone is eligible. Far from it. The elderly can get it, of course. By elderly, we are talking about the over 65s. Front line care workers can get the jab. And people who are vulnerable due to … Continue reading Jab Four
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Thursdays at EightIt starts every Thursday at 8pm. For the last six weeks, the NHS and the people that make it happen get a well deserved round of applause. Well, they used to. The first week or two it was a round of applause. Tentatively at first, as people stepped onto balconies or stood in … Continue reading
All Quiet On The Western FrontWe are war with a virus. It all seems awfully quiet for a war. I turned up to work for my one and only shift of the week. And afternoon turn. Just one person approached my window in the seven hours I was open. A local day return ticket was … Continue reading
HumanityNadine Dorries was the first MP to go down with Covid-19. She was a not-too-bright Brexiteer who had spent the previous three years eagerly demonstrating a complete ignorance for what the EU is and what part we play in it. She was a pretty contemptible character. Yet I felt no joy, smugness or satisfaction in hearing … Continue reading
Clap for the NHSI’ll say it again, the people who work for the NHS are heroes. Even before the Covid-19 outbreak they were underpaid, poorly supported and overworked heroes. Now, they are superheroes. I’m minded to start a petition to have their next uniform design feature a big red and yellow ‘S’ on the front.They’re … Continue reading
Lockdown Day 3The NHS staff keeping our health service going deserve every bit of praise they get. They are risking their lives dealing with contagious patients without the PPE they need. True heroes.I’m extremely grateful that I live in a country with a single payer health system. I’d be terrified to be an ‘average American’ right … Continue reading
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