In a week of big news, came the biggest one of all –
Pfizer believe they have a useable Covid19 vaccine that could be rolled out
worldwide within months. I haven’t mentioned it yet because it’s still been
sinking in. I’ve been avoiding the news since late Spring, so I don’t always
get the latest headlines, and we’re all so used to doom-laden reporting this
year that a sliver of hope in amongst the darkness is somehow hard to believe.
But when you look at it properly, and read the science, rather than the political slant or the journalistic bias, it does indeed seem to be wonderful news. My fear now is that the most stupid people of Britain, who have shown themselves to be ignorant to the point of dangerous throughout 2020, will now assume it is okay to start behaving like it’s 2017 again and will propel us into an even worse situation long before the vaccine gets here, but maybe that’s my pessimistic side trying to find the negative in everything again. There are still final hurdles to be cleared, and it will take many months before the roll-out is achieved to a level that is workable in the wider world, but for the first time since February we can plan for the future with hope, and I’m going to enjoy that feeling while we have it.
(And I’m going to avoid my wife as long as possible. I have a suspicion this news will give her the go-ahead to discuss another baby…..)RC 13-11-20
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