10 April

There's a lot of vaccine triumphalism in the US and UK right now, drunk on their speed of rolling out the shots. Both nations unwilling to do basic public health work, to eliminate the virus. Despite the media stories of great success, only 20% of the US is now fully vaccinated, and only 11% of the UK. This is the low-hanging fruit, the people willing to come forward to be vaccinated. Sizeable numbers of people will refuse entirely, those are still to come. Both nations already gushing about 'opening up'. A pandemic is a marathon, not a sprint. Bears repeating over and over.