Edwin Cameron is the Inspecting Judge of Correctional Services and a member of the GroundUp board.
At last — at long, long last — Covid-19 vaccinations are happening. The pharmacist who gave me the flu jab described her joy and relief at being vaccinated. Every vaccinated healthcare worker not only gets personal protection against Covid — but protects patients from infection by them. In the coming months, this beneficent circle of protection will spread. But as we yearn for quicker roll-out — as a sixty-plus, I registered instantly on the government site — some thorny public health, ethical, political and economic questions demand our attention.