20-07-2021, 14:43
Just to point out I've got the NHS app for ordering prescriptions and to get test results because my surgery, like many, went into hiding at the start of this and don't look like they're planning on dealing with patients any time soon. I know our surgery was struggling before the pandemic because our village has seen building on a huge scale but there are no more doctors. I do think they have welcomed the chance to close their doors. I think them, like a lot of others, will face consequences for how they have behaved. I don't know if I'll need a covid pass. I can only think I will need one to go to the John Smith's, if it's decided we need one.
At the beginning of this we were told to advise people who came into pharmacy that masks would not help, it was just handwashing. But then Boris decided he ought to act and masks became a thing. Masks are not 100% effective but they are more effective than not wearing one at all. Combined with handwashing, social distancing and vaccinations, efficacy increases. That's why we can't have a "freedom day". We are not free. I am still at risk of hospitalisation if I get it. I can't just skip around pretending everything is alright and that's got nothing to do with me being a Labour voter, it's reality.
You are right, maclad, the whole world needs vaccinating then we might just have a chance of seeing it off one day. However, I fear that we do everything too slowly and it now has it's stranglehold on us. I hope I am wrong.
At the beginning of this we were told to advise people who came into pharmacy that masks would not help, it was just handwashing. But then Boris decided he ought to act and masks became a thing. Masks are not 100% effective but they are more effective than not wearing one at all. Combined with handwashing, social distancing and vaccinations, efficacy increases. That's why we can't have a "freedom day". We are not free. I am still at risk of hospitalisation if I get it. I can't just skip around pretending everything is alright and that's got nothing to do with me being a Labour voter, it's reality.
You are right, maclad, the whole world needs vaccinating then we might just have a chance of seeing it off one day. However, I fear that we do everything too slowly and it now has it's stranglehold on us. I hope I am wrong.