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| Bob is vaccinated, January 2021 |
The nightmare coronavirus year ends with a success story - vaccination.
Last year, the prospect of finding the answer to the virus threatening the world was an almost desperate hope.
From experience it could take a year or more to create a vaccine; there was the threat of a soaring death toll, hundreds of thousands in the UK.
Almost miraculously, but achieved through brilliant, lightning quick work by scientists around the world, new vaccines were developed, doses manufactured in billions. Then started their distribution world wide.
The UK has since been a leading nation, setting up from scratch a vast organisation, involving the NHS, GPs, pharmacist, the army, and thousands of volunteers with vaccination centres throughout the country.
They had announced what appeared to be a far too ambitious target, a practice that had already proved unwise, but it has excelled itself.
So effectively that we are months ahead of Europe and on track to vaccinate all adults by June. An amazing achievement.
Spring this year is a world apart from last year. There is still some uncertainty and the pandemic may still have devilish tricks but there’s is so much to look forward to and to be thankful for
Especially our answer to coronavirus - vaccines and those jabs.
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