Nope, thatās just the nanobots making themselves a little nanobot villageā¦
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Just wait until 5G is switched on globally.
Only saying, likeā¦
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Presumably teachers and other key workers will get extended holiday too.
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Hancock is gassing his way through the self-congratulation of the roll-out of the Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine and giving it large about keeping control of the runaway train by waving a small red flag. 
Thank goodness theyāre being proactive with tough measuresā¦until Monday when they send the kiddies back to school.
Looks like Iāll be joining you other Plague Rats in Tier 4 after midnight tonightā¦
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Suspicion that another colleague may have tested positive. Not had any official info but then given our rota Iāve not seen her in about 3 weeks so not on list to contact. Do think managers should however say when people arenāt in work were expected. Donāt need to give detail but heads up.
It is not good, is it?
981 deaths today which is a 175% increase on previous 24 hours.
All those people and their families. The trauma of this for years on them.
We are staying in apart from a walk. Likely not to use the car for a while either. Thankfully Epping Forest is on door step. Not going into the office anytime soon.
We are lucky we can cut ourselves off. Plenty of others canāt.
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YoungAdults#1&2 seem to be on the mend. YoungAdult#1 even has some taste and smell back.
Mrs C_S has been quite poorly the last couple of days but seems to have perked up a little this evening - hopefully going in the right direction.
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Depressing read but obvious
Luckily, the talented Mr Hancock will likely oversee the flawless, competent and rapid rollout of our mass vaccination programme.
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Yep, I was saying this to someone just this morningā¦theyāve managed to fuck-up every step of the way so far, what makes you think they wonāt fuck-up the mass vaccination programme. 
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My thoughts too, but perhaps by virtue of the Law of Averages, Hancock might just get this one right?
(I am not holding my breath though)
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The vaccination piece so far is the one thing the govt have done ok at
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from securing huge numbers of doses from multiple sources
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avoiding the EU procurement system
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getting through the regulators quickly
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and getting an early start on getting it into people
Obviously the rubber meets the road on the mass roll out but so far they have not ballsed this one
It already looks a bit ominous. We had Prof Van Tam letting the cat out of the bag yesterday when he warned we have a shortage of little glass vials which is likely to hold things up. Theyāve only had the best part of a year to plan for the vaccine roll out, give them a break! Also the announcement yesterday that the period between the first dose and the booster dose will likely be changed from 21 days to 12 weeks to immunise more people. Pfizers immediately cautioned that although antibodies start to build about 10 days after the first dose all tests are based on the second dose being given after 21 days. They warned that there is no evidence of a vaccine being effective with such a long period between doses. This morning i read that immunologists are very worried that, although 2 million vaccinations a week is the target we are currently running at 6 times below that.
Regarding CB-Saintās point about avoiding the EU procurement system being a plus point, how is paying nearly twice as much per dose for the same vaccine a successful result?
Be interested in a link to that
My understanding was we are paying Ā£15 for Pfizer - same as EU and for the AZ drug they are not making any profit so it stands to reason the price is broadly the same
My comments re the EU is that they have not been great in terms of ordering enough or getting it out to the members quickly
They had the opportunity to order 500m Pfizer but opted for 300m with the balance relying on a French company whose vaccine will not be ready until next December