Haha yes, little pat on the back for the one thing that hasn’t gone to tit so far and then a few minutes of Whitty looking like he is there under duress and pleading with us all to follow the rules.
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I can’t see it being a requirement for travel until we have a vaccine that is proven to stop you catching it and to stop you spreading it. Obviously we hope this vaccine will do that, but until the science backs it up I’m just not sure why someone vaccinated would be less of a travel risk than someone who wasn’t? A negative test is quite different as it proves you don’t have it and can’t transmit it to others. Although even that isn’t good enough as you could still catch it while in transit!
It’s also like we can’t just allow two things to be entirely tit situations? Yes conscription is awful. Yes, a pandemic is awful. It doesn’t have to be a competition
Agree with this. People going to the supermarket two or three times a week or going for exercise twice a day are not the driving factor in spread (and in fact may be improving people’s mental health). I know I personally am not going only once per week because I can’t meal plan that far, we don’t have a huge fridge and I’m not living off of rice and beans until my next “allowed” shop. The government need to accept responsibility for the fact the NHS is struggling quite so badly. If Boris came out and said, this has highlighted how much we need to do to support our NHS and that will be addressed by X, Y, Z but in the meantime we absolutely need you to do your bit to get us there, people would have more respect.
Unless they are an anti-vaxxer
We will know that probably before wide scale travel is allowed however in order to truly test it, I have realised they will actually need to let us all out to play again.
If the vaccine does stop transmission, even with only 50% of people vaccinated, we would see a drop in cases as the chain would be broken.
However we can’t truly test it until there’s less restrictions as we won’t know if the vaccine is only providing some benefit and the restrictions are doing the rest
I agree. I'm not anti vax, not a covid denier, or anti lockdown, but as time goes on if you dare speak out about something or question something then you're lumped into that brigade.
I'm pro choice, pro free speech, pro doing your own research.
We've lost our basic freedoms, so to lose freedom of thought and basic rights on speaking about that, or being labelled to be something you're not is annoying.
When we did become a nation of turning on someone for defending their right to choose and exercising our democratic right
I’m still hesitant about it. For me I think it is too much of what’s been floating around that has seeped into my brain, I want to be able to get the vaccine but I do feel extremely worried about it and worried what I’ll do when my time comes. I’m a really conscientious person and I do understand that my decision impacts other people. I could say out loud all day long that yes of course I’ll get it but I can’t help that inside I am really worried about it. Im not bothered if anyone wants to call me anti vax, I know that I’m not and I know that all the misinformation flying around has scared me and many more like me. It is what it is and I’m working on it.
Did I though? Maybe you should re read the post you are calling out because you are making a lot of assumptions.
The OP was talking about how many people would refuse the vaccine, including people on the vulnerable list that she knows, and this would have a knock on effect to the pandemic restrictions.
I simply pointed out my view that in the real world the majority of people don't hold the conspiracy theory view of the vaccine, which is pretty common place on the internet right now and that I didn't think that many people do have these doubtful views on the vaccine.
I didn't call you out, I didn't say you couldn't have your own view, you jumped on a post that wasn't about you and twisted it so you could be offended.
It's a small minority who are anti vax and it's an even smaller minority jumping on those asking questions. There have been a number of posters on this thread including myself that have taken time to answer concerns and questions without being rude. Let's not make it sound like a pile on when ever someone has asked a question and there there hasn't been anything of the sort.
Like how certain vaccines are needed for certain countries ( like exotic ones) and how you need to prove a dog's immunisation are up to date to put them in kennels? I imagine this information will be confidential. People who are that opposed to the vaccine could just avoid these situations.
I'm with you on all the points you make. We'll do what's right for us when the time comes.
I'll be honest I was anxious going for my vaccination. I have terrible health anxiety and it's hard not to see the scare stories and get frightened. But for me I had to read around, question the sources and for me it ended up that the risk of catching covid is high, the risk of me getting serious side effects from covid is higher then any hypothetical risk from the vaccine and people whose opinions I trust (colleagues in the medical field) were getting the vaccination. I was still nervous that morning though but now I've had it I do actually feel a lot more positive about the vaccine. Nerves are normal xx
Or, its ok for others to take it because some people believe in choice.
Someone else taking the jab doesn't affect me at all, because they can still spread the virus. The only benefit is to themselves because it can lesson the symptoms and give some protection against them catching it
Today’s figures, a drop again 
Yeah....I don't think its going to be like an ID card you have to carry around with you. God imagine you had to take it to the local shop to get a bit of chocolate?!!
Are we expecting any more restrictions tonight? Just wondered if he'd follow Sturgeon
Ok cool, so I can't make any assumptions based on what you say in your posts, but it's perfectly acceptable for you to make multiple assumptions about me and anyone else who doesn't want the vaccine yet. Cool, I'm glad I know where you stand on assumptions.
And for the record, you didn't simply point out your view about conspiracy theories, you said and I quote 'I don't think the anti-covid vaxers are as wide reaching as the internet would have you believe.' in response to speculation about how many people would refuse the vaccine.
Maybe but it would undermine Priti saying we wouldn’t.
I think he’s just doing it because we have been promised daily press conferences and he needs to show his face at some of them other wise ‘where is Boris’ trends again.
figures are dropping currently so maybe they want to say despite that please continue to follow?
Plus an end of week vaccine update.
Thank you, it is helpful to hear that. I am one of those people who have anxiety and I keep seeing the scare stories and thinking oh god I just know if it’s going to happen to anyone it will happen to me
my husband on the other hand would have his right now if he could but that might also be helped by the fact he doesn’t use Facebook or Instagram and barely looks at the news whereas I fall down rabbit holes. I am really glad to hear that you’re feeling fine. As I said on here a few days ago my husbands friend is on oxygen in hospital with covid at the moment and is only 39 with no underlying conditions that we are aware of, so I am really worried about getting it and I’m also just as worried about long covid as I am the vaccine. It’s just a lot to think about and I’ve fallen victim to some of the scaremongering but I am trying to balance that up the other way. Take me back to last year when the biggest decision I had to make was quarter pounder with cheese or McChicken sandwich - Status