Sir Tom Moore is in hospital with Covid following treatment over the last few weeks for pneumonia. A statement from the medical staff said that he had been admitted due to breathing difficulties and needed help. He is being looked after in a ward and not in ICU. His family are with him. Get well soon, Sir Tom, I’m sure he is being well looked after by Bedford NHS.
Israel has said that following their very speedy vaccination programme there are signs that it is working in the over 60s. Far fewer people have tested positive and only 38 needed to be hospitalised. However this is based on people having received two doses of the vaccine within three weeks of each other. So in the UK we will have to wait and see if having a gap of 12 weeks will prove less effective – or more effective if we’re really lucky. I’m not feeling positive about this decision.
A Manchester company has developed an app. or ‘health passport’ to install on your phone which will confirm that you have been vaccinated against Covid. I can’t see this being very useful as it won’t take long for people to have what is called the VCode (a round barcode) even if they haven’t been vaccinated. This will be floating around the internet before you can even say VCode. The idea is that if you have this app to flash around you will be able to get into restaurants, clubs, bars and events. If it works as well as the Test & Trace App. we’re up a creek without a paddle.
We’ve had a lot of wet weather recently and in the Isle of Portland on Chesil Beach a team of volunteer coastguards went out to warn visitors away from the seal wall because the sea was becoming dangerous. A huge 30 ft wave came over the wall and unfortunately swept two of the volunteers 50 ft down to the main road. A third person was knocked into a stone wall and sustained serious leg injuries. The man was taken to hospital where an operation was carried out on his ankle. The volunteers were just doing their job, the visitors were doing what visitors do, ignoring the danger.
A long way away in California there was also a lot of rain, much needed as the report goes. The amount of water rushing down the hill and carrying debris managed to erode and wash away a huge section of Highway 1. That’d be scary. I’ve driven with Sandy down that coastal highway and it’s scary enough in bright sunshine. S bends all the way and a sheer drop to one side. I wouldn’t fancy it in a storm.
As you know I’ve been watching ‘Finding Alice’ on TV. I know lots of you have watched through to the end but I think I have one episode to go so no spoilers please. Not sure that it’s been worth the effort but I’ll report back tomorrow when I’ve seen it all. Now people, let’s be careful out there.😴💤😴