1/ Good afternoon BC, today we will pre-empt media questions and just answer some queries we have been sent personally. You are probably wondering how exactly the public is communicating with us personally but let's not get distracted VACCINES!
2/ Firstly, and we get asked this a lot... Vaccines. Yes, they are. And we are learning more every day, and we're watching very closely. Remember that it's us and the vaccines. And each other. And when we're together, apart, we can only be stronger.
3/ Another question we often get is about travel. We are very very clear on this. Stay local or close to local, or generally in a region. We cannot emphasize this enough. Yes, you may go to open up your summer home, but have the staff serve food outside, on the terrace.
4/ We are asked frequently about PPE inventories, surgery lists and vaccine tallies, and on this we all agree: there is no substitute for a dramatic, sonorous reading of them aloud. A written data sheet would not have the same impact. Now, I shall read them.
5/ Variants. Let's be clear: they are worse, and more dangerous and yet also the same. As they grow, they replace. They multiply but are also contained, which we achieve with the power of our wishes, our hope, patio dining only, and CovidSense.
6/ How can I stay safe? Excellent question. A very safe place is inside a school. Why? Because, as we have said many times, safety. Also layers of protection. Also data we can see over here that is very private, very top secret or we would absolutely show you shhh
7/ That should cover everything, and we will be available to you again in only five more days, so really a glut of visibility, transparency and reassurance. To want more would be greedy, so: Safe 10, be kind, bend the curve, keep shopping. And don't blow it for the rest of us.
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