[theo_luddite]

The Nightingales always were a stunt to make it look like the Prime Dickhead was doing something. 40,000 vacancies in the NHS, thanks to many European staff going back home rather than work in a country where the xenophobic nutjobs were making life impossible for them, and they stick a few beds in a few Exhibition halls and - tada - no staff to fill them with. They were a place to bury bad news (and a few dead bodies) for a while. Now, we're closing them down as the hospitals reach breaking point. Sure, we could use the beds, but with no staff what's the point? There never was one.

St. John's Ambulance (and no doubt others) have appealed to all First Aid Certificate holders to volunteer to administer the Covid jabs, or help with organising the queues and keep an eye on those that have had it for any reactions. So now we want volunteers to stand in the Covid firing line again. Are those coming in for the jab being tested for Covid first? Doesn't read like it on the email I received.