Look on the Bright Side!
An update from Joan Rhodes, Chairlady of KentARA
Dear Members,
I thought you might like to know that to the best of our knowledge, and enquiry, every one of our 83 clubs have members who have received at least one of their two vaccinations, and that this number count continues to climb every day.
The Media, both TV and newspapers, are stirring the pot most unhelpfully, almost to a point of incitement to ferment frustrations, where once patience resided.
Please don’t let them wind you up! Don’t let them get to you!
Taking a look at the facts as have been reported up to, and including 17th January 2021,
4,062,501 have received their first vaccination, https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare#card-people_who_have_received_vaccinations_by_report_date_daily
and 10 new vaccination centres opened today alone.
Here is a link to the Government vaccines delivery plan, with a list of the top 4 groups/cohorts of people who it is planned to vaccinate by the 15th February – in just 23 days time. An ambitious timetable, and one we should be grateful for, even if it is missed, because positive targets are needed to drive any programme forward to reach a goal. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-covid-19-vaccines-delivery-plan/uk-covid-19-vaccines-delivery-plan
Here is a link to a general Coronavirus page, so you can keep up to date yourself, if you feel overwhelmed, or frustrated by the emotive, and the intentionally turbulent nature of the news coverage that is currently being ‘shovelled’ out. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/
Please also bear in mind that even on receiving your first vaccination, it will not give you the full benefits of its immunity until some 4 weeks after having it. So it is not a ‘passport’ for a knees up outside of lockdown restrictions, which have now been extended into early March anyway-probably in order to stop the false assumption that after vaccination one is immediately immune. You are NOT immediately immune after vaccination.
The second vaccination should follow in a timely way, some 4 to 12 weeks later, which will then provide the fullest immunity some further time after its administering. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-on-the-prioritisation-of-first-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines
The link below is about what to expect after your COVID-19 vaccination. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-what-to-expect-after-vaccination/what-to-expect-after-your-covid-19-vaccination
We are turning the corner, in spite of what the media may have us believe.
Best Wishes,
Joan Rhodes
Chairlady KentARA
01732 844 953 / 0777 623 6341 rhodjo@aol.com
An update from Joan Rhodes, Chairlady of KentARA
Dear Members,
I thought you might like to know that to the best of our knowledge, and enquiry, every one of our 83 clubs have members who have received at least one of their two vaccinations, and that this number count continues to climb every day.
The Media, both TV and newspapers, are stirring the pot most unhelpfully, almost to a point of incitement to ferment frustrations, where once patience resided.
Please don’t let them wind you up! Don’t let them get to you!
Taking a look at the facts as have been reported up to, and including 17th January 2021,
4,062,501 have received their first vaccination, https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare#card-people_who_have_received_vaccinations_by_report_date_daily
and 10 new vaccination centres opened today alone.
Here is a link to the Government vaccines delivery plan, with a list of the top 4 groups/cohorts of people who it is planned to vaccinate by the 15th February – in just 23 days time. An ambitious timetable, and one we should be grateful for, even if it is missed, because positive targets are needed to drive any programme forward to reach a goal. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-covid-19-vaccines-delivery-plan/uk-covid-19-vaccines-delivery-plan
Here is a link to a general Coronavirus page, so you can keep up to date yourself, if you feel overwhelmed, or frustrated by the emotive, and the intentionally turbulent nature of the news coverage that is currently being ‘shovelled’ out. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/
Please also bear in mind that even on receiving your first vaccination, it will not give you the full benefits of its immunity until some 4 weeks after having it. So it is not a ‘passport’ for a knees up outside of lockdown restrictions, which have now been extended into early March anyway-probably in order to stop the false assumption that after vaccination one is immediately immune. You are NOT immediately immune after vaccination.
The second vaccination should follow in a timely way, some 4 to 12 weeks later, which will then provide the fullest immunity some further time after its administering. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-on-the-prioritisation-of-first-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines
The link below is about what to expect after your COVID-19 vaccination. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-what-to-expect-after-vaccination/what-to-expect-after-your-covid-19-vaccination
We are turning the corner, in spite of what the media may have us believe.
Best Wishes,
Joan Rhodes
Chairlady KentARA
01732 844 953 / 0777 623 6341 rhodjo@aol.com
