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Vaccine nationalism "No, EU can't have our jabs!" screamed the Daily Mail. In the week the UK marked 100,000 coronavirus deaths, brexit fanatic newspapers have grabbed onto this 'defend-our-vaccines campaign' to try to make a bogeyman of the EU once again, saying we could approve the vaccine faster because we've left the EU. However, we were still in the transition period, under Single Market rules until January and we were perfectly free to order the vaccine early then, just as any EU or EFTA countries were should they have chosen. The underlying problem is vaccine nationalism itself, an...

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Opening of the vaccine centre at Steam Museum..Pic - gv.Date 16/12/2020.Pic by Dave Cox. Debt of gratitude Last Friday, I had the privilege of attending the Steam museum for my first Covid vaccination and what an experience. From the car park attendants to the lady who administered the vaccine, everyone was so very kind, friendly, efficient and helpful. The icing on the cake was that my own doctor from the Merchiston surgery was there disinfecting the chairs, where we sat for the 15 minutes afterwards. All in all, it really was a very pleasant experience (and I didn't feel a thing!)

Credit: steve parsons/pa SIR – On Friday morning I received the Pfizer vaccine. No side effects, or anything else. The arrangements were like a military operation: smooth-running and very competent. The jab was completed in seconds, done by a young doctor whom I did not know in a community hall, with volunteers guiding patients at every stage. All were charming and helpful. The sense of relief afterwards is something to be so grateful for. Janet E Hotter   SIR – Back in the Seventies, in the Lincolnshire village where I lived, two local transport companies would collect produce from the ...

Covid jab Covid lessons to be learned I am sure many will want to put the year 2020 behind them and try to forget it. I am equally sure that most people hope that 2021 will be a lot better. However, it can be useful to reflect on the old year, to look at the things that went wrong, and why; and try to learn from our mistakes so we do not repeat them! We should also try to identify any good things that we may learned and try to hang onto them. So, what can we learn from the Coronavirus pandemic? First, the bureaucracies of the NHS and Central Government are so bound up in red tape that t...