Radio Leeds andHoly Trinity Church, HuddersfieldSunday 14th February 2021 The 'Ruth' window in the north aisle at Holy Trinity, Huddersfield This week I received my Covid vaccination. The invitation came on Tuesday, two weeks to the day after I had received the negative result from my Covid test, I had the jab on Thursday after …
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2020, a retrospective (Mostly about Covid-19 and vaccination)
"May you live in interesting times" is a term from the far east, and it is a curse. 2020 feels like that, interesting for all the wrong reasons. But I have a reason to be cheerful, on my left upper arm is a vaccination scar, which probably marks me out as a boomer, sorry about …
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How long will the pandemic last?
People are still scared, some are frustrated. How long are these restrictions to our freedom going to go on. I am not being pessimistic here, but there are people with unrealistic expectations, talking about us coming out of the Covid-19 crisis as if it is already happening, we are in the first stage of controlling …
Anti Anti-Vax
Why vaccination should be compulsory There is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism Which of the following is the most contagious? The common cold Measles Ebola HIV If you chose Measles you'd be right. Yet in the developed world there is no reason to fear Measles, there are vaccines that protect from it. …
No longer measles free
The UK is no longer measles free. That was the news earlier this week. After we were declared measles free in 2016 by the World Health Organisation—no measles cases originated in the UK—measles has been on the rise since last year. It seems that children have been missing their second MMR jab (Measels, mumps and …
Making an ass of myself 