With Brent schools struggling to cover classes due to high Covid rates amongst staff and a lack of supply teachers it is sobering to see that by February 4th the numbers of deaths from Covid had passed 1,000.
At the same time, according to BBC figures above, only 38% of the population of Brent, despite the best imaginative efforts of the NHS and Brent Public Health, had received a booster or third dose.
Omicron may generally be mild in impact but another variant could come along and 'long covid' rates are troubling.
It isn't over yet.
This is very sad and a tragedy for the families concerned.
ReplyDeletePart of the problem with take up is that the message to have the vaccine is being lead by a Prime Minister in Parliament and a Leader here in Brent who have both broken the rules they told us to obey.
I was rescued from drowning when a child by two brothers both of whom had been disabled by Polio. Polio is one major debilitating illness which was dealt with by vaccines.
The low take up in Brent is very worrying and in my view it is down to genuine leaders within our diverse community who now need to take a lead in persuading people from their own community - as political leaders tainted by their own failures - be they Boris Johnson or Councillor Butt - are clearly not getting through.
Not everything is about politics!!!
ReplyDeleteIndividual people have the right to choose whether they have a vaccination - they might be scared of needles, they might have health conditions they are concerned about or they might have had bad reactions to vaccines in the past.