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BBCNEWS The Virus Vs The Vaccine -... January 13, 2021 03:30:00

Us military commanders have issued a statement condemning the riots. Now on bbc news, panorama. Siren wails. Our Health Service is being pushed to the limit. Ive just taken up another sick covid patient. Young man, younger than me. The patients with covid have been some of the sickest ive seen. Were all really concerned, particularly about the next couple of weeks, in terms of how were going to cope. A new variant of coronavirus is driving record numbers of infections and deaths. Many hospitals are at breaking point. At the moment theyre having to work in conditions that have not really been seen in the Health Service in peace time. Now back in lockdown, our children are again learning from home. Day one of home schooling and im already feeling pretty broken, if im honest. You just dont feel like theres any change coming it feels hopeless. Mass immunisation is the only route back to normality. And the race is now on to vaccinate us all. It is stressful, but at the end of the day i want to get my patients through as quickly as possible. Just relax. This is the Temple Fortune Health Centre in north london. Theyre vaccinating one person every minute. You just hold on to that and youll get checked in there. More than 2500 patients so far have received jabs most are over 80. Have you got a sticker . Do you want a sticker . Gp dr Leora Harverd and her colleagues set up this clinic just before christmas. Youre doing it outside today . Yes. Safer for everybody. Were just a bit cold, otherwise it was good. Theyve bought marquees for the car park to give them more space and keep the surgery clear for routine appointments. Every day we reflect on how can we do it better . What have we done wrong . Where could we improve . At the end of the day i want to get my patients through as quickly as possible because its flipping freezing out here. Its 2 degrees. Weve all got numb fingers. I cant feel my feet. Have you signed in yet . No, weve just arrived. 0k. Let me sign you in. Susan is 82, and has been a patient here for m years. Just need to get your signature there. This is all part of the largest Vaccination Programme in the history of the nhs. The government wants around 1a Million People to receive jabs by the middle of february. Nhs and care home staff, the old and the vulnerable, are first in line. Whichever is better for you. Every injection, a step on the road to normality. There you go. All done. All done . Thank you so much. Susan hasnt been able to spend time with her family for months. She hopes the vaccine will change that. Its a good protection in these scary times. I cant see my i have three grandchildren. I mean, whats the point of not having it . For dr harverd, organising all this has been a challenge. Nobody told me how to do it. Nobody wrote a book. I was searching on amazon trying to find a Perfect Little gadget to keep the vials safe. Ifound a gadget, i shared with my colleagues and they all say fantastic, well buy the same one. But you had to do that by going on amazon. Yeah, you just have to think outside the box. Be creative. Its like blue peter days. A national Vaccination Programme, but youre like blue peter. Yeah. The emergence of a new variant of the coronavirus has made the speedy roll out of a vaccine even more urgent. The new mutation began circulating in autumn, but it was several weeks before scientists understood how much more contagious it is than the original virus. It was clear that case numbers were increasing in london, kent, other parts of the southeast during a period when there was a lockdown in place, which is not what you would expect. What they saw was a particular genetic signature really, fingerprint, that was associated with these increasing cases in the southeast of england. It was a real warning signal. Soon, the new variant was out of control. Our hospital is filling up quite extensively, our itu is pretty much full, i dont know how long we can go on like this. The nhs often struggles with winter crises. But doctors have never seen anything like this. Ivejust come home from a 13 hour shift and every time i finish work i wonder just how more patients we can take. There are now more than 30,000 people in hospitals across the uk with covid i9. More than 3,000 are on ventilators. I think extreme conditions is the best way to describe this. But if it goes on much longer, it could become like a warzone. Weve declared a Critical Incident in london in the last couple of days, precisely because this is now getting very serious and what we need to do is to, you know, try and wring out every single ounce of extra Spare Capacity that weve got, wherever it sits. The nhs is at the brink, it is at risk of being overwhelmed. How long can we actually manage in this situation . Last monday the Prime Minister once again had to address the nation. Its been both frustrating and alarming to see the speed with which the new variant is spreading. Families up and down the country were braced for the worst. This is Emma Campbell and her husband dave. In england, we must therefore go into a National Lockdown which is tough enough to contain this variant. That means the government is once again instructing you to stay at home. 0hhh. Its pretty emotional. Millions of us were once again being asked to make huge sacrifices in order to help save lives. Primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across england must move to remote provision from tomorrow. Oooh. How do you feel . Awful. After last years school closures, governments across the uk said closing them again would be a last resort. But now in the race between the vaccine and the virus thats exactly whats happening. Its not because children are particularly susceptible, its because this virus is more transmissible. It was clear from the numbers that, you know, transmission was occurring related to schools. If we wanted to get control of this outbreak, it was going to be impossible to do that without closing schools. For the vast majority of pupils like emmas children lessons are now in their bedrooms or around the kitchen table. I can speak for myself, my husband and my four kids. Its a bit of a nightmare. Emma is being treated for stage four cancer, and her home has now become a school. Day one of home schooling. God, theres nothing like being trapped in the kitchen with 11 year old triplets to test your patience. 0ne laptop between three. I mean, they dont share a pack of crisps, let alone a screen to do their work on. Just three weeks earlier schools had been told to prepare for mass testing, so their doors could stay open. This is St Helens School in north london, last week the government sent them 8000 test kits for their students. For now, theyre lying unused. Youve got all these kits sitting in a hall doing nothing. I mean how much is that worth . Well we have, id say a market value of over £100,000 of test and testing equipment, sitting unopened in one of our buildings over there and im not sure how were going to use those. A waste . I think so. The corridors and classrooms are all but empty now. With most of the thousand or so pupils who should be here working at home. They dont know when they can return. How do you feel about the communication of all of this and the timing . We always have to act on good faith that the government know what theyre doing, and that what they say, is what theyre intending to do. I think that the track record so far, in this coronavirus, has left many heads all over the country and millions of children just with the lack of confidence in knowing whats going to happen from day to day and that, that shifting ground adds to the uncertainty which leads to more anxiety. The government says it regularly updates detailed guidance for all schools and decisions have been guided by the best scientific and medical advice. Can you see the orange . Saffron is 16 and studying for a levels in biology, chemistry and maths. Is there anything else we need, saffron . Other than a carbon to carbon double bond . We need two different groups today shes logging on to lessons from an empty classroom. Talk to you soon. Have a lovely weekend. It obviously isnt the same, and like for me, i am quite a social person, i need those face to face interactions with other people, and it does get quite lonely at home. I think the teachers have been absolutely incredible, i really take my hat off to them because theyve had to change their style of teaching, something which theyve been doing for years. St helens is an independent, fee paying school and accessing remote lessons isnt a problem for the vast majority of its pupils. We are very lucky here, our children do have the technology in their homes. But that isnt true across the county and the gap is going to widen. The pandemic widening societys educational divide. Right, good morning, yearii. All right, murray . Good to see you. The Oasis Academy in coulsdon, south london, is part of a network of 52 state schools. Theyve seen first hand the impact of the pandemic on the less well off. The inequity has really been laid bare for our young people. Weve had a 43 increase for example, in vulnerable students during this time. So thats a 43 increase. And so thats food provision, thats Mental Health, thats Child Protection issues. And so undoubtedly it had a big impact. Schools do a heck of a lot more than education, weve got to try and make sure that we help the students in any way and get rid of barrier that stops them from learning. These food parcels are being prepared for parents in need to collect. Theres a whole mix, so theyve got fresh carrots, bananas, broccoli, pasta, tomatoes. Theyre paid for by additional government funding. What the pandemic has done is open our eyes to how much some families suffer, you know and to the point that we forget because we feed them every day that were giving them their main meal. And then when we werent doing that for some of them it was quite honestly heart breaking. There are huge divides within our community. 0bviously obviously the load is huge. Theres also a digital divide. Injune last year, around out of their 900 children were coming into school during the lockdown. This time around they are seeing more than 110, many because they are struggling to access Online Learning at home. First lee, we havent been allowed to invite them in under the vulnerable category because they are vulnerable to not being able to access that learning anyway. What we were doing with all the lessons we are planning is we are planning them so they can be accessed on a mobile phone, so that the text is big enough. The government says it text is big enough. The government says it has given out more than 600 thousand laptops and tablets in england since the start of the pandemic, and free mobile data will be made available to those who need it. We managed to give an ipad out to all of our students who are in year 9 and ii to help them access the same lessons everyone else had, and we are very lucky in that next week we have 860 ipad is arriving for years seven to ten so every Single Person gets a device. But for some children, there are fears that limited fa ce to fa ce are fears that limited face to face contact with teachers could set their education back years. The pandemic is blighting their futures. I pandemic is blighting their futures. , � ~ futures. I dont think we should pretend futures. I dont think we should pretend it futures. I dont think we should pretend it is futures. I dont think we should pretend it is anything other than a complete catastrophe for their educational quality. Catastrophe for their educational auali. ~. Educational quality. Which will have longterm educational quality. Which will| have longterm ramifications . Have long term ramifications . We believe are the result of this for years to come. Unless policy takes very seriously the advice you need catch up education from people from low income households we will be stuck with these problems for the rest of their lives. How stuck with these problems for the rest of their lives. The rest of their lives. How to re air the rest of their lives. How to repair the the rest of their lives. How to repair the damage the rest of their lives. How to repair the damage to the rest of their lives. How to repair the damage to a repair the damage to a generation of children . The government says in england its giving £1 billion to tackle the impact of lost school years. For those expecting to take exams this summer, these are anxious times. Their futures are on the line. Are on the line. The main problem are on the line. The main problem at are on the line. The main problem at the are on the line. The main problem at the moment. Are on the line. The main| problem at the moment is are on the line. The main problem at the moment is being in the dark about how im going to be achieving my grades, what parts of my course to work towards. I parts of my course to work towards parts of my course to work towards. , ~. ,. , towards. I worked so hard for the last two towards. I worked so hard for the last two years, towards. I worked so hard for the last two years, and the last two years, and what was the last two years, and what was it the last two years, and what was it all the last two years, and what was it all for . What am i supposed to be be doing right now . Supposed to be be doing right now . , supposed to be be doing right now . , ,. , supposed to be be doing right now . ,. ,. ,. ,. , now . Last year, panorama filled with roberto, now . Last year, panorama filled with roberto, whose now . Last year, panorama filled with roberto, whose gcses now . Last year, panorama filled with roberto, whose gcses had| with roberto, whose gcses had been cancelled. She was just starting sixth form. I been cancelled. She was ust starting sixth form. � starting sixth form. I how is auoin starting sixth form. I how is going into starting sixth form. I how is going into a starting sixth form. I how is going into a levels starting sixth form. I how is| going into a levels prepared, focused and ready. That break off this month did so much damage. Off this month did so much damage off this month did so much damaue. , ,. ,. , off this month did so much damaue. , ,. ,. ,. , damage. Now, she is one of many havin to damage. Now, she is one of many having to grapple with damage. Now, she is one of many having to grapple with home having to grapple with Home Learning yet again. Mr; having to grapple with Home Learning yet again. My politics lesson today, learning yet again. My politics lesson today, my learning yet again. My politics lesson today, my internet learning yet again. My politics lesson today, my internet cut | lesson today, my internet cut out and i basically missed about half of the lesson, and i missed the presentation. I have a lot to catch up on, and its not the greatest situation, but i can get it done. I can get it done. Along with her sister i can get it done. Along with her sister shannon, i can get it done. Along with her sister shannon, she i can get it done. Along with | her sister shannon, she cant believe they are in lockdown again. Believe they are in lockdown a. Ain. � believe they are in lockdown aaain. �. ,. , again. Im going from effectively again. Im going from effectively my again. Im going from l effectively my bedroom again. Im going from effectively my bedroom to my front room every day to learn the six hours on a screen, and its just been horrible. The six hours on a screen, and itsjust been horrible. You its ust been horrible. You are itsjust been horrible. You are not seeing itsjust been horrible. You are not seeing your itsjust been horrible. You are not seeing your friends, how does it make you feel . Aha, how does it make you feel . Lot of people, especially at our age, you are quite social, you want to meet people, do things, really do a lot of activities in your life, as you are emerging into adulthood, and it feels like the whole lockdown experience, the whole online experience has quashed that completely. In a online experience has quashed that completely. That completely. In a recent surve , that completely. In a recent survey. 8096 that completely. In a recent survey, 8096 of that completely. In a recent survey, 8096 of teenagers l that completely. In a recent i survey, 8096 of teenagers said survey, 80 of teenagers said they had suffered at least one Mental Health symptom since march last year. Many for the first time. I march last year. Many for the first time first time. I feel isolated, and its first time. I feel isolated, and its just first time. I feel isolated, and its just the first time. I feel isolated, and itsjust the same first time. I feel isolated, | and itsjust the same old, and its just the same old, same old. The days seem continuous and monotonous, and you just dont feel like there is any change coming. It feels hopeless. In is any change coming. It feels hopeless hopeless. In another survey conducted hopeless. In another survey conducted last hopeless. In another survey conducted last week, hopeless. In another survey conducted last week, a hopeless. In another survey| conducted last week, a third hopeless. In another survey i conducted last week, a third of parents arejuggling parents are juggling homeschooling with having to work from home themselves is challenging. Work from home themselves is challenging challenging. Dont udge me. Ive challenging. Dont udge me. We come h challenging. Dont udge me. Ive come upstairs challenging. Dontjudge me. Ive come upstairs and challenging. Dontjudge me. Ive come upstairs and i challenging. Dontjudge me. Ive come upstairs and i have locked myself in our bedroom. You think right, we can do this, and within five minutes of the kids waking up we were screaming at each other, shrieking at each other. I think its placing a real strain think its placing a real strain on everyones Mental Health strain on everyones Mental Health and of course thats something that every single one of us something that every single one of us is something that every single one of us is experiencing now, and with of us is experiencing now, and with every of us is experiencing now, and with every successive lockdown you can with every successive lockdown you can see the pressure gets greater. You can see the pressure gets greater. All of the evidence we have greater. All of the evidence we have seen greater. All of the evidence we have seen so far suggest that although poor Health Service<\/a> is being pushed to the limit. Ive just taken up another sick covid patient. Young man, younger than me. The patients with covid have been some of the sickest ive seen. Were all really concerned, particularly about the next couple of weeks, in terms of how were going to cope. A new variant of coronavirus is driving record numbers of infections and deaths. Many hospitals are at breaking point. At the moment theyre having\rto work in conditions that have not really been seen in the Health Service<\/a> in peace time. Now back in lockdown, our children are again learning from home. Day one of home schooling and im already feeling pretty broken, if im honest. You just dont feel like theres any change coming it feels hopeless. Mass immunisation is the only route back to normality. And the race is now on to vaccinate us all. It is stressful, but at the end of the day i want to get my patients through as quickly as possible. Just relax. This is the Temple Fortune Health Centre<\/a> in north london. Theyre vaccinating one person every minute. You just hold on to that and\ryoull get checked in there. More than 2500 patients so far have received jabs most are over 80. Have you got a sticker . Do you want a sticker . Gp dr Leora Harverd<\/a> and her colleagues set up this clinic just before christmas. Youre doing it outside today . Yes. Safer for everybody. Were just a bit cold, otherwise it was good. Theyve bought marquees for the car park to give them more space and keep the surgery clear for routine appointments. Every day we reflect on how can we do it better . What have we done wrong . Where could we improve . At the end of the day i want to get my patients through as quickly as possible because its flipping freezing out here. Its 2 degrees. Weve all got numb fingers. I cant feel my feet. Have you signed in yet . No, weve just arrived. 0k. Let me sign you in. Susan is 82, and has been a patient here for m years. Just need to get your signature there. This is all part of the largest Vaccination Programme<\/a> in the history of the nhs. The government wants around 1a Million People<\/a> to receive jabs by the middle of february. Nhs and care home staff, the old and the vulnerable, are first in line. Whichever is better for you. Every injection, a step on the road to normality. There you go. All done. All done . Thank you so much. Susan hasnt been able to spend time with her family for months. She hopes the vaccine will change that. Its a good protection in these scary times. I cant see my i have three grandchildren. I mean, whats the point\rof not having it . For dr harverd, organising all this has been a challenge. Nobody told me how to do it. Nobody wrote a book. I was searching on amazon trying to find a Perfect Little<\/a> gadget to keep the vials safe. Ifound a gadget, i shared with my colleagues and they all say fantastic, well buy the same one. But you had to do that by going on amazon. Yeah, you just have to think outside the box. Be creative. Its like blue peter days. A national Vaccination Programme<\/a>, but youre like blue peter. Yeah. The emergence of a new variant of the coronavirus has made the speedy roll out of a vaccine even more urgent. The new mutation began circulating in autumn, but it was several weeks before scientists understood how much more contagious it is than the original virus. It was clear that case numbers were increasing in london, kent, other parts of the southeast during a period when there was a lockdown in place, which is not what you would expect. What they saw was a particular genetic signature really, fingerprint, that was associated with these increasing cases in the southeast of england. It was a real warning signal. Soon, the new variant was out of control. Our hospital is filling up quite extensively, our itu is pretty much full, i dont know how long we can go on like this. The nhs often struggles with winter crises. But doctors have never seen anything like this. Ivejust come home from a 13 hour shift and every time i finish work i wonder just how more patients\rwe can take. There are now more than 30,000 people in hospitals across the uk with covid i9. More than 3,000 are on ventilators. I think extreme conditions is the best way to describe this. But if it goes on much longer, it could become like a warzone. Weve declared a Critical Incident<\/a> in london in the last couple of days, precisely because this is now getting very serious and what we need to do is to, you know, try and wring out every single ounce of extra Spare Capacity<\/a> that weve got, wherever it sits. The nhs is at the brink, it is at risk of being overwhelmed. How long can we actually manage in this situation . Last monday the Prime Minister<\/a> once again had to address the nation. Its been both frustrating\rand alarming to see the speed with which the new variant is spreading. Families up and down the country were braced for the worst. This is Emma Campbell<\/a> and her husband dave. In england, we must therefore go into a National Lockdown<\/a> which is tough enough to contain this variant. That means the government is once again instructing you to stay at home. 0hhh. Its pretty emotional. Millions of us were once again being asked to make huge sacrifices in order to help save lives. Primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across england must move to remote provision from tomorrow. Oooh. How do you feel . Awful. After last years school closures, governments across the uk said closing them again would be a last resort. But now in the race between the vaccine and the virus thats exactly\rwhats happening. Its not because children are particularly susceptible, its because this virus is more transmissible. It was clear from the numbers that, you know, transmission was occurring related to schools. If we wanted to get control of this outbreak, it was going to be impossible to do that without closing schools. For the vast majority of pupils like emmas children lessons are now in their bedrooms or around the kitchen table. I can speak for myself, my husband and my four kids. Its a bit of a nightmare. Emma is being treated for stage four cancer, and her home has now become a school. Day one of home schooling. God, theres nothing like being trapped in the kitchen with 11 year old triplets\rto test your patience. 0ne laptop between three. I mean, they dont share a pack of crisps, let alone a screen to do their work on. Just three weeks earlier schools had been told to prepare for mass testing, so their doors could stay open. This is St Helens School<\/a> in north london, last week the government sent them 8000 test kits for their students. For now, theyre lying unused. Youve got all these kits sitting in a hall doing nothing. I mean how much is that worth . Well we have, id say a market value of over \u00a3100,000 of test and testing equipment,\rsitting unopened in one of our buildings over there and im not sure how were going to use those. A waste . I think so. The corridors and classrooms are all but empty now. With most of the thousand or so pupils who should be here working at home. They dont know when they can return. How do you feel about the communication of all of this and the timing . We always have to act on good faith that the government know what theyre doing, and that what they say, is what theyre intending to do. I think that the track record so far, in this coronavirus, has left many heads all over the country and millions of children just with the lack of confidence in knowing whats going to happen from day to day and that, that shifting ground adds to the uncertainty which leads to more anxiety. The government says it regularly updates detailed guidance for all schools and decisions have been guided by the best scientific and medical advice. Can you see the orange . Saffron is 16 and studying for a levels in biology, chemistry and maths. Is there anything else we need, saffron . Other than a carbon to carbon double bond . We need two different groups today shes logging on to lessons from an empty classroom. Talk to you soon. Have a lovely weekend. It obviously isnt the same, and like for me, i am quite a social person, i need those face to face interactions with other people, and it does get quite lonely at home. I think the teachers have been absolutely incredible, i really take my hat off to them because theyve had\rto change their style of teaching, something which theyve been doing for years. St helens is an independent, fee paying school and accessing remote lessons isnt a problem for the vast majority of its pupils. We are very lucky here, our children do have the technology in their homes. But that isnt true across the county and the gap is going to widen. The pandemic widening societys educational divide. Right, good morning, yearii. All right, murray . Good to see you. The Oasis Academy<\/a> in coulsdon, south london, is part of a network of 52 state schools. Theyve seen first hand the impact of the pandemic on the less well off. The inequity has really been\rlaid bare for our young people. Weve had a 43 increase for example, in vulnerable students during this time. So thats a 43 increase. And so thats food provision, thats Mental Health<\/a>, thats Child Protection<\/a> issues. And so undoubtedly it had a big impact. Schools do a heck of a lot more than education, weve got to try and make sure that we help the students in any way and get rid of barrier that stops them from learning. These food parcels are being prepared for parents in need to collect. Theres a whole mix, so theyve got fresh carrots, bananas, broccoli, pasta, tomatoes. Theyre paid for by additional government funding. What the pandemic has done is open our eyes to how much some families suffer, you know and to the point that we forget because we feed them every day that were giving them their main meal. And then when we werent doing that for some of them it was quite honestly heart breaking. There are huge divides within our community. 0bviously obviously the load is huge. Theres also a digital divide. Injune last year, around out of their 900 children were coming into school during the lockdown. This time around they are seeing more than 110, many because they are struggling to access Online Learning<\/a> at home. First lee, we havent been allowed to invite them in under the vulnerable category because they are vulnerable to not being able to access that learning anyway. What we were doing with all the lessons we are planning is we are planning them so they can be accessed on a mobile phone, so that the text is big enough. The government says it text is big enough. The government says it has given out more than 600 thousand laptops and tablets in england since the start of the pandemic, and free mobile data will be made available to those who need it. We managed to give an ipad out to all of our students who are in year 9 and ii to help them\raccess the same lessons everyone else had, and we are very lucky in that next week we have 860 ipad is arriving for years seven to ten so every Single Person<\/a> gets a device. But for some children, there are fears that limited fa ce to fa ce are fears that limited face to face contact with teachers could set their education back years. The pandemic is blighting their futures. I pandemic is blighting their futures. , \ufffd ~ futures. I dont think we should pretend futures. I dont think we should pretend it futures. I dont think we should pretend it is futures. I dont think we should pretend it is anything other than a complete catastrophe for their educational quality. Catastrophe for their educational auali. ~. Educational quality. Which will have longterm educational quality. Which will| have longterm ramifications . Have long term ramifications . We believe are the result of this for years to come. Unless policy takes very seriously the advice you need catch up education from people from low income households we will be stuck with these problems for the rest of their lives. How stuck with these problems for the rest of their lives. The rest of their lives. How to re air the rest of their lives. How to repair the the rest of their lives. How to repair the damage the rest of their lives. How to repair the damage to the rest of their lives. How to repair the damage to a repair the damage to a generation of children . The government says in england its giving \u00a31 billion to tackle the impact of lost school years. For those expecting to take\rexams this summer, these are anxious times. Their futures are on the line. Are on the line. The main problem are on the line. The main problem at are on the line. The main problem at the are on the line. The main problem at the moment. Are on the line. The main| problem at the moment is are on the line. The main problem at the moment is being in the dark about how im going to be achieving my grades, what parts of my course to work towards. I parts of my course to work towards parts of my course to work towards. , ~. ,. , towards. I worked so hard for the last two towards. I worked so hard for the last two years, towards. I worked so hard for the last two years, and the last two years, and what was the last two years, and what was it the last two years, and what was it all the last two years, and what was it all for . What am i supposed to be be doing right now . Supposed to be be doing right now . , supposed to be be doing right now . , ,. , supposed to be be doing right now . ,. ,. ,. ,. , now . Last year, panorama filled with roberto, now . Last year, panorama filled with roberto, whose now . Last year, panorama filled with roberto, whose gcses now . Last year, panorama filled with roberto, whose gcses had| with roberto, whose gcses had been cancelled. She was just starting sixth form. I been cancelled. She was ust starting sixth form. \ufffd starting sixth form. I how is auoin starting sixth form. I how is going into starting sixth form. I how is going into a starting sixth form. I how is going into a levels starting sixth form. I how is| going into a levels prepared, focused and ready. That break off this month did so much damage. Off this month did so much damage off this month did so much damaue. , ,. ,. , off this month did so much damaue. , ,. ,. ,. , damage. Now, she is one of many havin to damage. Now, she is one of many having to grapple with damage. Now, she is one of many having to grapple with home having to grapple with Home Learning<\/a> yet again. Mr; having to grapple with Home Learning<\/a> yet again. My politics lesson today, learning yet again. My politics lesson today, my learning yet again. My politics lesson today, my internet learning yet again. My politics lesson today, my internet cut | lesson today, my internet cut out and i basically missed about half of the lesson, and i missed the presentation. I have a lot to catch up on, and its\rnot the greatest situation, but i can get it done. I can get it done. Along with her sister i can get it done. Along with her sister shannon, i can get it done. Along with her sister shannon, she i can get it done. Along with | her sister shannon, she cant believe they are in lockdown again. Believe they are in lockdown a. Ain. \ufffd believe they are in lockdown aaain. \ufffd. ,. , again. Im going from effectively again. Im going from effectively my again. Im going from l effectively my bedroom again. Im going from effectively my bedroom to my front room every day to learn the six hours on a screen, and its just been horrible. The six hours on a screen, and itsjust been horrible. You its ust been horrible. You are itsjust been horrible. You are not seeing itsjust been horrible. You are not seeing your itsjust been horrible. You are not seeing your friends, how does it make you feel . Aha, how does it make you feel . Lot of people, especially at our age, you are quite social, you want to meet people, do things, really do a lot of activities in your life, as you are emerging into adulthood, and it feels like the whole lockdown experience, the whole online experience has quashed that completely. In a online experience has quashed that completely. That completely. In a recent surve , that completely. In a recent survey. 8096 that completely. In a recent survey, 8096 of that completely. In a recent survey, 8096 of teenagers l that completely. In a recent i survey, 8096 of teenagers said survey, 80 of teenagers said they had suffered at least one Mental Health<\/a> symptom since march last year. Many for the first time. I march last year. Many for the first time first time. I feel isolated, and its first time. I feel isolated, and its just first time. I feel isolated, and its just the first time. I feel isolated, and itsjust the same first time. I feel isolated, | and itsjust the same old, and its just the same old, same old. The days seem\rcontinuous and monotonous, and you just dont feel like there is any change coming. It feels hopeless. In is any change coming. It feels hopeless hopeless. In another survey conducted hopeless. In another survey conducted last hopeless. In another survey conducted last week, hopeless. In another survey conducted last week, a hopeless. In another survey| conducted last week, a third hopeless. In another survey i conducted last week, a third of parents arejuggling parents are juggling homeschooling with having to work from home themselves is challenging. Work from home themselves is challenging challenging. Dont udge me. Ive challenging. Dont udge me. We come h challenging. Dont udge me. Ive come upstairs challenging. Dontjudge me. Ive come upstairs and challenging. Dontjudge me. Ive come upstairs and i challenging. Dontjudge me. Ive come upstairs and i have locked myself in our bedroom. You think right, we can do this, and within five minutes of the kids waking up we were screaming at each other, shrieking at each other. I think its placing a real strain think its placing a real strain on everyones Mental Health<\/a> strain on everyones Mental Health<\/a> and of course thats something that every single one of us something that every single one of us is something that every single one of us is experiencing now, and with of us is experiencing now, and with every of us is experiencing now, and with every successive lockdown you can with every successive lockdown you can see the pressure gets greater. You can see the pressure gets greater. All of the evidence we have greater. All of the evidence we have seen greater. All of the evidence we have seen so far suggest that although poor Mental Health<\/a> can be a result in people of any age. Be a result in people of any age. The be a result in people of any age, the age group experiencing the biggest impact overall our teenagers and young adults. 30 teenagers and young adults. So how teenagers and young adults. How long teenagers and young adults. sr how long will schools teenagers and young adults. 6r how long will schools have to stay closed . We how long will schools have to stay closed . Stay closed . We have seen a hint of growth stay closed . We have seen a hint of growth rate stay closed . We have seen a hint of growth rate of stay closed . We have seen a hint of growth rate of case i hint of growth rate of case numbers slowing, but case numbers slowing, but case numbers are still going up at the moment. We will need another two weeks of data really, to see what the effect of this new lockdown has been. If, as a society, we have decided schools are a priority, some teachers believe the vaccination strategy needs a rethink. Moving teachers up the cue. I rethink. Moving teachers up the cue. ~ , cue. I think we definitely need to be considered cue. I think we definitely need to be considered because cue. I think we definitely need to be considered because we i to be considered because we need to think about the continuity of education. When Staff Members<\/a> are self isolating or they have covid themselves, their students arent getting taught, so if we are vaccinated, perhaps slightly earlier, then we can be in the classroom,\rwith our students, we can provide a better quality of education for them. So you think perhaps education for them. So you think perhaps teachers education for them. So you i think perhaps teachers should be moved up the list . Irlot think perhaps teachers should be moved up the list . Not above the people be moved up the list . Not above the people who be moved up the list . Not above the people who absolutely the people who absolutely critically needed, but with perhaps key workers of a similar standing. Professor Anthony Harding<\/a> similar standing. Professor Anthony Harding<\/a> is similar standing. Professor Anthony Harding<\/a> is a similar standing. Professor Anthony Harding<\/a> is a gp, i similar standing. Professor l Anthony Harding<\/a> is a gp, and deputy chair of the committee that drew up the vaccine priority list. That drew up the vaccine priority list. You will feel a little sting. Priority list. You will feel a little sting, all priority list. You will feel a little sting, all done. Priority list. You will feel a little sting, all done. We l little sting, all done. We looked very little sting, all done. We looked very long little sting, all done. We looked very long and hard at all the looked very long and hard at all the data, and it was very apparent all the data, and it was very apparent that the sector of society apparent that the sector of society that was most affected by the society that was most affected by the older people. Age was predominantly the main risk factor~ predominantly the main risk factor. We developed nine priority factor. We developed nine priority groups, which cover 99 priority groups, which cover 99 of priority groups, which cover 99 of all hospitalisations and deaths 9996 of all hospitalisations and deaths. , 9996 of all hospitalisations and deaths. ,. , , deaths. Should teachers perhaps aet into deaths. Should teachers perhaps get into that deaths. Should teachers perhaps get into that upper deaths. Should teachers perhaps get into that upper group . Get into that upper group . Teachers are clearly important but what teachers are clearly important but what i would say is that within but what i would say is that within the priority groups we have within the priority groups we have identified, teachers that have have identified, teachers that have any have identified, teachers that have any underlying condition will be have any underlying condition will be prioritised. Teachers that will be prioritised. Teachers that fall will be prioritised. Teachers that fall into the older age categories will be prioritised, so the categories will be prioritised, so the number of teachers will actually so the number of teachers will actually be immunised with our First Priority<\/a> groups. But actually be immunised with our First Priority<\/a> groups. First priority groups. But with an average First Priority<\/a> groups. But with an average age First Priority<\/a> groups. But with an average age of First Priority<\/a> groups. But with an average age of 39, First Priority<\/a> groups. But with an average age of 39, most i an average age of 39, most teachers would be lucky to get a jab before the end of the school year. In the last five weeks, just over 2. 2 Million People<\/a> have received a jab. If the government wants to get its ambitious target of 1a the government wants to get its ambitious target of 16 Million People<\/a> in five weeks time, it needs to vaccinated well over 2 million every seven days. I think we have to remember this is a massive logistical exercise, you would not expect to get it right immediately, but if we dont get it right in the next couple of weeks will\rbe a long way away from the targets we have been sent. Its a big ask, an ambitious set of targets, it is deliverable, as long as we get these things in place, like the larger workforce and better logistics on the ground. But workforce and better logistics on the ground. On the ground. But at the moment on the ground. But at the moment that on the ground. But at the moment that timeframe l on the ground. But at the | moment that timeframe is on the ground. But at the moment that timeframe is not going to be met . That moment that timeframe is not going to be met . Moment that timeframe is not going to be met . At the moment, we are some going to be met . At the moment, we are some way going to be met . At the moment, we are some way away going to be met . At the moment, we are some way away from going to be met . At the moment, we are some way away from it. I we are some way away from it. Backin we are some way away from it. Back in the north london car park, where gp leora harbert has created a pop up vaccination clinic, she is worried about supplies. We do not have guarantee worried about supplies. We do not have guarantee that worried about supplies. We do not have guarantee that we i worried about supplies. We do | not have guarantee that we are getting a delivery next tuesday, and that worries me because we are all set up, i have my workforce. The momentum is flaring as you can see, its all get up and go, ijust sent an e mail to all get up and go, ijust sent an e mailto say all get up and go, ijust sent an e mail to say please, please, can we have more vaccines . Please, can we have more vaccines . ,. ,. ,. , vaccines . There is a shortage of vaccine vaccines . There is a shortage of vaccine at vaccines . There is a shortage of vaccine at the vaccines . There is a shortage of vaccine at the moment, i vaccines . There is a shortage i of vaccine at the moment, there was not of vaccine at the moment, there was not enough vaccine to deliver was not enough vaccine to deliver the peace we need to vaccinated at. At the moment we are told vaccinated at. At the moment we are told within three to two weeks are told within three to two weeks will be up to the kind\rlevels weeks will be up to the kind levels with having enough vaccine levels with having enough vaccine to deliver 2 million vaccinations each week, but we are certainly short of that at the moment. Are certainly short of that at the moment. ,. ,. , the moment. Doctor harbert has been told supplies the moment. Doctor harbert has been told supplies are the moment. Doctor harbert has been told supplies are on the moment. Doctor harbert has been told supplies are on the i been told supplies are on the way. Not everything she wanted those. Way. Not everything she wanted those. ,. Way. Not everything she wanted those. ,. ,. ,. ,. , those. Two matches two batches of astrazeneca those. Two matches two batches of astrazeneca will those. Two matches two batches of astrazeneca will give those. Two matches two batches of astrazeneca will give us i those. Two matches two batches of astrazeneca will give us 5096. Of astrazeneca will give us 50 delivery. Of astrazeneca will give us 5096 delive. ~. ,. , delivery. We need another pfizer or delivery. We need another pfizer or two delivery. We need another pfizer or two lots delivery. We need another pfizer or two lots of pfizer or two lots of astrazeneca. Pfizer or two lots of astrazeneca. ~ ,. , astrazeneca. We were trying to work out whether astrazeneca. We were trying to work out whether there astrazeneca. We were trying to work out whether there is i work out whether there is certainty about next weeks delivery, on wednesday, if that is definitely happening, so we will get the extra 300 astrazeneca, we want to roll it out as quickly as possible but we need the certainty that we are getting the vaccinations stop by the government says the uk has already vaccinated more people than any other country in europe. It says is mobilising the nhs and the\rarmed forces, and there is no National Supply<\/a> issue in getting vaccines to local sites, but success seems so far away. In sites, but success seems so far awa. ,. ,. ~ away. In the past week there have been away. In the past week there have been on away. In the past week there have been on average, i away. In the past week there l have been on average, 55,000 new confirmed cases every day. In all, more than 80,000 people have lost their lives. Is the virus winning . Have lost their lives. Is the virus winning . At the moment, it looks like virus winning . At the moment, it looks like it virus winning . At the moment, it looks like it is, virus winning . At the moment, it looks like it is, when virus winning . At the moment, it looks like it is, when we i it looks like it is, when we look at the next couple of weeks. Yes, we are very worried. Too many people are relying on the vaccine to get us out of this problem, which of course it will eventually, but in the meantime, we risk thousands more people dying, if we dont get what we are doing right. We dont get what we are doing riuht. ,. , we dont get what we are doing riuht. , right. The lockdown in place now is not right. The lockdown in place now is not as right. The lockdown in place now is not as stringent i right. The lockdown in place now is not as stringent as i right. The lockdown in place. Now is not as stringent as the lockdown now is not as stringent as the lockdown in place in march or aprik lockdown in place in march or aprik you lockdown in place in march or april. You canjust tell that\rby seeing how many people who are on by seeing how many people who are on the streets, for instance. There is scope for further instance. There is scope for further tightening of restrictions, but of course that restrictions, but of course that comes at enormous additional economic and social costs additional economic and social costs. ~. ,. , additional economic and social costs. ,. ,. , costs. With the new variant of coronavirus costs. With the new variant of coronavirus now costs. With the new variant of coronavirus now spreading i coronavirus now spreading across the uk, the pressure is mounting on the nhs everywhere. I havejust mounting on the nhs everywhere. I have just taken another set covid patient, a young man, younger than me, the team is tied up already, so were going to try and rustle up a secondary sus team. These doctors work secondary sus team. These doctors work at secondary sus team. These doctors work at aberdeen. Secondary sus team. These i doctors work at aberdeen royal infirmary. I doctors work at aberdeen royal infirma. ,. ,. ,. , infirmary. I have seen a lot of sick patients, infirmary. I have seen a lot of sick patients, but infirmary. I have seen a lot of sick patients, but the infirmary. I have seen a lot of| sick patients, but the patients with covid have been the sickest i have seen. Right now, 86 confirmed sickest i have seen. Right now, 86 confirmed and sickest i have seen. Right now, 86 confirmed and 11 sickest i have seen. Right now, 86 confirmed and 11 suspectedl 86 confirmed and 11 suspected Covid Patients<\/a> in the hospital. I am broadly concerned, particularly over the next couple of weeks in terms of how were going to cope with some the patients. Were going to cope with some the patients \rthe patients. There is a sense thins the patients. There is a sense things will the patients. There is a sense things will get the patients. There is a sense things will get worse the patients. There is a sense things will get worse before l things will get worse before they get better, with the effects of the Christmas Period<\/a> still to feedthrough the case numbers. Could that mark the worst point of this pandemic and see the beginning of a slow return to normality . The relaxation return to normality . The relaxation of return to normality . The relaxation of restrictions| return to normality . Iie relaxation of restrictions we are now living under is going to be a continuous process, not a single time point. Im hoping that if we managed to roll out vaccines as fast as the government is hoping to, we can start to see some relaxation of measures in the april timeframe. In terms of getting back to normal, that is not going to happen, at the very earliest, until the autumn in my view, and it could even be towards the end of this year. Finally getting home, i think today finally getting home, i think today has been the worst day, the worst today has been the worst day, the worst day yet for sure. We ust the worst day yet for sure. We just need the worst day yet for sure. We just need to stick to the rules. Just need to stick to the rules, stay at home, where your mask. Rules, stay at home, where your mask. Wash rules, stay at home, where your mask, wash your hands, and we can get mask, wash your hands, and we can get back to normal soon. But when . Everyone of is yearning for the day our lives can begin again. Ii yearning for the day our lives can begin again. Yearning for the day our lives can begin again. If we knew in six weeks can begin again. If we knew in six weeks time can begin again. If we knew in six weeks time doors can begin again. If we knew in six weeks time doors would i six weeks time doors would open, the sun would come back out and we could rip up our masks, i think we could all just hunker down and get on with it, ithink just hunker down and get on with it, i think its that stifle link, walls closing in feeling, of is this it . In any rational part of our minds can think no, it is in it, this is a means to an end, we will get the vaccine, life will return to normality. The government says that by the end to normality. The government says that by the end of to normality. The government says that by the end of this i says that by the end of this week in england, around 1200 sides will be offering vaccinations. It says everyone in the uk will have access to the jab by the autumn. Hope for the jab by the autumn. Hope for the future, one dose at a time. Is an honour to have been part of this life changing process because this i think is the one bit of hope that it gives the population. Here they all are,\rwonderful elderly people, carers, healthcare professionals, its been an incredible journey and i want to get rolling this out until we have got everybody vaccinated. Hello there. The next couple of days are looking pretty wet for much of the country. Well see some winteriness across the high ground in the north as this wedge of milder air with the rain pushes up against this colder\rair to the east of the country. So here a cold, frosty start. Could see an ice risk for western scotland, north west england. Some freezing rain perhaps falls on frozen surfaces. As there is rain out west slowly pushes its way eastwards through the course of wednesday. Snow developing on the pennines and across the scottish hills. Rain also extending down into the south east of england. Further south and west a milder day. Considering what it will be further north and east. Through wednesday night it really looks pretty atrocious. Very wet, further snow on the hills of scotland and across the pennines. Some heavy rain could give rise to some localised flooding in places. Again, cold in the north and the east versus milder further south and west. As we head through thursday it stays very wet further snow in the hills in the north. Mild in the south, cold in the north and then its a little bit drierfor all areas on friday. This is bbc news. Im mike embley. Our top stories making history, Congress Debates<\/a> whether to remove donald trump from office, could he become the only president to be impeached twice . The fbi and Justice Department<\/a> have now said hundreds of Trump Supporters<\/a> will face charges for last weeks violent attack on the us capitol. 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