‘This irresponsible government may have fouled up...’

LAST Wednesday my husband and I went into Buxton for the first time since March to have our Pfizer vaccinations.

The procedure at the Temple Road practice was very well organised and it was lovely to be greeted by one of the Hartington nurses who was there monitoring us for possible anaphylactic shock.

I was given a leaflet from the regulatory authority which told me

I would receive two injections given 21 days apart. I was alarmed to see that ‘protection against Covid-19 disease may not be effective until at least seven days after the second dose.’

Projections abound as to what percentage of patients are protected after one dose and it appears that, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, most practising doctors and the WHO consider extending the interval between injections illadvised.

It sounds as if Mr Johnson believes that a successful vaccination programme will cancel out the disastrous policies he has implemented to date, many by plundering the public purse.

We have a world-beating death rate, inadequate PPE, an ineffective and extortionate test and trace system, belated lockdowns, undernourished children, teenagers denied the structure of exams and head teachers who do not know if they are coming or going, to name but a few.

I am immensely grateful that I have been offered vaccination but I cannot relax and enjoy the idea that we shall survive because I dread that this irresponsible government may have fouled this up by disobeying the manufacturer’s instructions.

Now we have news of another debacle, between Astrazeneca and the EU, which may mean we never get the second dose.

The mind boggles.

Barbara Bellaby

Hollinsclough