In reality I should be writing Day 365 but I’ve obviously missed 100 days. Made me think of that book One Hundred Years of Solitude written by the Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez which I read many years ago in Spanish. Both unbelievable. Who would have thought that we would all still be in lockdown a whole year later, not me that’s for sure. It’s probably a good thing that we didn’t know, would have made isolation much harder. Well done everyone for learning how to survive. The vaccine is the thing that will help us get back to normality and a trial finds that the Astra Zeneca is 79% effective at preventing Covid and 100% effective against severe Covid.
We’ve all filled in our Census form by now (except maybe a few criminal individuals). I did mine online and noticed that there were several links to sites that were obviously not the official one. Also I felt a little uncomfortable giving so many personal details. National Insurance number, passport number, maiden name, mother’s maiden name etc. etc. Enough info for a criminal to steal your identity. I’ve never trusted government web sites as being safe and cannot believe that absolutely everyone that has access to it wouldn’t be tempted to sell some of the data.
The following day news headlines said that we should beware of scammers trying to collect money from people for supposedly not filling in the form correctly. They pretend to be official and try to collect a fine. Warnings were also issued about scammers phoning to say your NI number has been compromised. Again they ask for money to fix it. If anyone tries it on me I shall simply say ‘Sorry, I’m an illegal, no papers, no numbers’.
It seems that 200,000 households have boycotted the BBC and cancelled their license fee with BBC bosses stating it is causing a funding crisis. Now, seeing as there are 27 million households in the UK I can’t see how 200k is going to cause a crisis. They should just start by cutting a few of the hefty salaries paid to presenters and bosses. And I wonder how many additional fees are being paid by the over 75s? Honestly do these people think we can’t do simple maths?
Prince Harry has been given a job with a Californian company called BetterUp. His job description is ‘Chief Impact Officer having input into product strategy, decisions and charitable contributions. He will also speak publicly about topics related to public health.’ He left Eton with two A levels. One in Art the other in Geography. Should be helpful. He’s certainly learnt a lot of motivating statements from the Google School of Medicine and I’ve no doubt he’ll be an asset to the people of LaLaLand.
Am I the only person who doesn’t like Line of Duty? What an unappealing bunch of characters and useless storyline, if you can find one amongst all the abbreviations they are so fond of. Not for me. Now people, let’s be careful out there.