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Yep!! Saved me a few quid too.

Just under 50 and I've had my first jab as have others in my immediate family. I'm meeting friends today for a walk who've all had first vaccine. That's a different ball game to opening footy stadiums to cram thousands in which is what this thread is supposed to be about. I hope your friend is OK.

You're almost correct. Selfish is thinking of ourselves, not others. Thinking if others is the polar opposite of selfish. If I wanted restrictions for my benefit, that would be selfish. Personally, I don't want or need anyone else to be protected to benefit me. Needing restrictions for the benefit of others is a different matter.

I'd expect something more realistic from you than that comment. Other than the Scottish NHS, there aren't too many employers who are or can give above inflation pay rises. Finding another job on better terms is far from simple for most.

Ha!! I'm back working, out and about with friends and living life, but I'm not one of those selfish people that only thinks about the impact on me.

Social distancing isn't going to happen in reality. I'm back at work, everyone milling around, in each others offices, lunch together. It's great but that's my decision and that of my colleagues. To answer your question, with people half vaccinated and a circa 60% efficacy it's obvious that there'll be issues if we fully open now. Get the vulnerable second jabbed by around June and we'll be on the right track then. Now is too early in my opinion. You're welcome to your opinion.

A booster and ongoing boosters to deal with mutations is a given. The issue though is when we open up our society to something like normality. I suspect we'll get there before any boosters, but pre second jab for the masses is premature.

You think it's OK to fully open up now, I don't think we're quite there yet. Let's leave it there and agree to differ.

Eh? The vaccines comes in two halves. Not sure where you're third nonsense comes from...seems like you're feeding your own agenda. Either way, Lighthouse has made the point that anyone with any sense already knows.

Yep. Staggering that it the simple point has one made time and time again. If all of the non vaccinated just crack on it should be obvious we'll have issues.

Half the people have been half vaccinated. Very few have been fully vaccinated. We're not there yet.

Yep, I have public sector friends who have no idea of the realities of the real world of the private sector. And let's not get started on pensions.

For many businesses, turnover is down, outgoings are up, so something has to give. Pay freezes are very much the norm in the real world of the private sector.

You're better than ignorant nonsense like that.

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The criticism in your first paragraph is the reason for the second paragraph.

Yep, this vaccine rollout has been a monumental success. Sure, there's been errors galore, but the lack of gratitude from many is staggering. Give credit where its due.

Good post. The government has kept this simple, and that's one of the reasons it's worked so efficiently. Faffing about with work related criteria and/or ID would have made it less efficient and divisive. The government have got a lot wrong, but they've got this right.

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Sims is the one that I think really had something. That run and ball against Liverpool was quality. Les Reed rated Sims and thought he was going to do really well. Without the players you mention being in his way, and the managerial changes, perhaps things would have worked out differently. I can't help but think though that he'd have had more of a chance of he'd had a season or two on loan in the championship rather than sitting around the club not playing.

Yep, he got whacked by someone and came off. Whether he had a bit of fear from that I don't know, but from that to Crawley Town in 5 or 6 years and barely playing a game in teh meantime is a shame.

Yep, him and Sims had something but they haven't kicked on. I don't think we've handled them brilliantly though - the policy of not loaning out but not giving opportunities means that players aren't developing, and if they ain't developing, they eventually go backwards. Hesketh is better than a loan at Crawley at 25 years of age.

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