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I'm old enough to still be waiting for the green shoots of recovery. Just can't remember whether it was from 2009, 1991, or even earlier. :-)

I know little about how or where the Oxford-AZ vaccine is being manufactured. So I looked it up and found this: The initial roll-out of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in Britain will use doses manufactured in Europe, the UK's Vaccine Taskforce has said. Ian McCubbin, manufacturing lead for the...

I wish I wasn't. He is awful in every possible way. My take away lesson: There is nowhere near enough vaccine. Therefore promise anything, spread out delivery, but then explain away failure to deliver by blaming everyone else. The 100 million doses we have secured are anything but. India has...

Looks like a very nasty situation in Washington DC - after Pence said he was not going to block the electoral college vote: The Capitol has been breached, and the House is in recess From Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and CNN's Capitol Hill team The US Capitol has been breached during a tense...

I see Sainsbury is stocking Spar products in Northern Ireland. Because of supply chain issues. Good brexit result - Dutch chain supplies British supermarket.

Looks like Trump has worked his magic in Georgia. Both senate seats going to Democrats: Georgia Senate election: Jon Ossoff declares victory in race against David Perdue ‘It is with humility that I thank the people of Georgia for electing me to serve you in the United States Senate’...

I very much agree that no-one should be disadvantaged by not having a suitable, charged, mobile on a working network, so far as possible. In particular, I hate using my mobile to pay for things like parking. The complexity of the few I have used is reason enough. But for many areas, the idea...

Elsewhere I see people saying the are incensed at YouTube's action - free speech, don't ya know!

I'll pay for me and two others! 34p a day not your DHL bill.

Especially as consuming alcohol in the days around receiving a vaccination reduces the effectiveness, possibly considerably. And what do they do in rugby clubs... :)

A considerable portion of the final packaging of Oxford-AZ vaccine into vials is being done by Wockhardt in Wrecsam. Do they employ vialing clerks?

Our joy never ends... 81,000 UK-owned .eu domains suspended as Brexit transition ends The UK lost its right to a .eu website when it left the European bloc, leaving many domain name owners in limbo...

The issue was known and being discussed in May 2019. This article from September 2019 discusses the issues: The world's leading vial manufacturers are, perhaps unsurprisingly, optimistic. Their joint statement from June was upbeat, if short on details. "We will do everything to support any...

Boots and Tesco have offered help. No idea if it has been taken up - but likely not. And they have been using local rugby club for influenza vaccines recently.

Nice to see the government having to resort to paid-for propaganda - labelled SPONSORED : News Coronavirus vaccine offers ‘sense of hope’ to all four corners of the UK In association with the UK Government Thursday 17 December 2020 11:09...

This is how you fight viruses... UK says its aircraft carrier strike group is ready to deploy. China's already watching By Brad Lendon, CNN Updated 0521 GMT (1321 HKT) January 5, 2021 (CNN) Britain is officially an aircraft carrier power again. The Royal Navy announced on Monday that the...

Which company just yesterday tweeted:

True or false? https://factcheck.afp.com/leak-canada-lockdown-plans-fake https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-canada/fact-check-a-leaked-message-outlining-alleged-canadian-govt-plan-to-create-a-totalitarian-state-through-lockdowns-and-credit-strategy-is-fake-idUSKBN27C344

Johnson "Alas... Has there ever been a politician who errrh, errrh, umm, a-a-a-a-tough period. Alas. We'er errhh, errhhhh, umm, alas, errrhhhh, ..." How is anyone supposed to follow his utterances?

Didn't realise the National Rifle Association were into vaccines! :) Can you vaccinate against guns? Saw temporary reply - once I read NRA I couldn't read it as anything else. Sorry.