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Always with the culture war, mainly because they have fuck all to offer that is constructive.
My parents (my own personal bellweather of the effect of govt. comms) talked about this on the phone recently - apparently it's a point of national pride, possibly even a Brexit benefit as we don't have to negotiate with 27 other countries.
Firstly, get a grip. What a mental statistic to take national pride from. Secondly, give it a couple of weeks and compare our numbers to Germany's and I wouldn't bet on ours being the better.
Vaccine plan TL;DR from Conservatives mailing list:
We are on track to offer the vaccine to all the most vulnerable groups by the middle of February – and the plan sets out how we will ensure every adult gets access to the vaccine.
So far, our Plan has allowed us to vaccinate over 2.3 million people – more than the rest of Europe combined.
Vaccines Delivery Plan
206 active hospital sites
50 large vaccination centres
1,200 local vaccination sites
we can commit to the following timetable:
1) End of January – all residents and staff in over 10,000 care homes across the country will be offered a vaccine.
2) February 15th – all those in the top four priority groups, who account for 88% of fatalities, will be offered a first dose.
3) Spring – all nine high-risk groups for phase one of the programme (32 million people accounting for 99% of deaths) will be vaccinated.
4) Autumn – All UK adults will have been offered a vaccine.