NEW: More than one million people booked a Covid vaccine yesterday through the NHS website- the most we've seen yet in a single day.
I'm old enough to remember when young people wouldn't want to get a jab.
I'm old enough to remember when young people wouldn't want to get a jab.
Simon Stevens said young people had sent bookings to "blockbuster levels...the obvious enthusiasm of younger adults to get their jab has blown out of the water the suggestion that people in their 20s might not come forward to protect themselves and their loved ones."
Given what we know about the age profile of cases right now, this is really important news.
Works out at 45000 bookings an hour and around 750 a minute.
Works out at 45000 bookings an hour and around 750 a minute.
When the history of this period is written, the under 30s deserve a special place in it. Often derided as lacking strength or resilience they’ve sacrificed a huge amount without complaint or umbrage, even though they’ve been at little risk, thinking instead of others. Impressive.
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