My mother is nearly 88. She has yet to receive an invitation for a Covid vaccination. I hope it comes soon. The risk to her comes entirely from me. She has hardly left the house since March, but I have to go shopping. If I caught Covid on one of those shopping trips, it would be difficult to stop her catching it too. We live in the same house and I care for her. If an 88-year-old catches Covid, there is a good chance she would end up in hospital and a good chance that she would die.
In Northern Ireland 6.23% of the population has been vaccinated.
In England 5.49% of the population has been vaccinated.
In Scotland 4.12 % of the population has been vaccinated.
In Wales 4.01 % of the population has been vaccinated.
England is about to send out vaccine invitations to the over 70s. I am left to conclude that if my mother lived in England she would already have been vaccinated. If she catches Covid in the next few weeks and dies it will be because we live in Scotland under an SNP Government that prioritises independence over healthcare.
We are lucky however that we live in Britain. The United Kingdom has vaccinated more of its population that anyone else except Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. We are ahead of the United States and massively ahead of the EU.
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See Also:
(1) Report: Deaths from Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Hit 29 in Norway
(2) Lockdown is set to be ‘gradually lifted’ from March when all over-70s are vaccinated
(4) ‘Why wait?’ Brexiteer highlights FIVE instant EU exit benefits and urges Boris to act
(5) France and Germany to aide collapse of European Union as allies diverge on bloc recovery
