Day 266

Friday 11 December

Today is the countdown of one hundred more posts until the end of this one year account.

I was thinking just last week, with the vaccines making everyone all excited, that it would all just peter out in good time without much of a drama. But, of course, this is a global pandemic and there are still a few twists and turns around the corner. Perhaps.

There’s a row brewing about the unequal world wealth distribution that has meant the richer north and west have pre-bought the majority of the vaccines. Probably at an eye-watering price meaning the poorest on the planet are once again at the back of the queue. Through no fault of their own.

Then there’s Brexit and, what looks like, destination ‘no deal’ looming on the ever nearing horizon. Talks have failed too achieve a result and even the attempts of the prime minister has failed to get a sensible, beneficial trade agreement. No deal is going to be catastrophic for many lives and livelihoods across the country, but unsurprisingly the greatest threats come in the north.

Finally, we are just a matter of days away from the Christmas break where multiple families have been given the ok to mix indoors over the Christmas period. This will inevitably mean that we will have another spike which lead to the most recent lockdown. This week, I have been extra conscious of protecting our staff and their Christmas breaks. And as cases rise across London, Kent and Essex I want to get to the end of the year without an official ‘outbreak’.