I am not an anti-vaxxer but… On 29 April 2021, Lisa Shaw, a clever, sensible, creative, mischievous, award-winning presenter at BBC Radio Newcastle, had her first Covid vaccination. Like millions of us, Lisa was delighted and relieved to get her jab. Not only did the 44-year-old mother of one feel she was doing her bit to keep her community safe (Lisa had been astonished a few weeks earlier when a girlfriend had said she wasn’t getting jabbed), she was excited “to give her mam a hug”.
Alberta boomers, step aside : Gen-Xers rally on social media as AstraZeneca vaccine eligibility expands
When eligibility for the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine expanded to include Albertans 40 and over on Tuesday, the so-called slacker generation took just 24 hours to demolish the legitimacy of its nickname.
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Kalvin Clauer, 40, gives a thumbs up after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at the Edmonton Expo Centre mass-immunization site on Tuesday. (AHS)
When eligibility for the AstraZeneca-Oxford
COVID-19 vaccine expanded to include Albertans 40 and over on Tuesday, the so-called slacker generation took just 24 hours to demolish the legitimacy of its nickname.
Gen-Xers rushed to mass vaccination sites in Calgary and Edmonton like it was the opening of a John Hughes movie. Or a Nirvana concert. Or Blockbuster on a Friday night.
In a surprise interview with
TF1 last night, President Macron said: “[Our aim] is to have a country as open as possible, despite the virus.”
He said: “We will continue to manage this virus.to protect the most vulnerable, to protect our health system, and to protect our young people who need to study and go to school.”
Calling for the public to continue staying alert and “responsible” he added: “It is our task, all of us, meaning our capacity to maintain barrier gestures [and] to respect the three steps of test-alert-protect.
“Collectively, we must continue to be extraordinarily responsible, for which I thank you. I will aim to take appropriate decisions at each stage.”
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
The Secretary of State for Health & Social Care joined the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky earlier to talk about new positive findings and possible light at the end of the tunnel.
On the Oxford Vaccine s latest study, Matt said: “It not only leads to no hospitalisations amongst those who ve had a jab in the group of 12,000 people that they ve studied so far, but also that it reduces transmission by about two thirds. So it stops the virus from spreading to a large degree, as well as protecting the individual.
According to Matt, the vaccine doesn t just protect you but stops the spread of the disease. He said: Now we ve got a very strong result on that, that it reduces that by about two thirds, which is really, really good news for getting out of this.