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white_hartI've been watching the rollout of the vaccine progress down through the age groups (T, in the 50-54 bracket, got the text inviting him to book his first appointment last week) and feeling relatively optimistic about my slot coming up soon. Clearly, this was a mistake, as one should never feel optimistic about anything to do with the UK government's handling of the pandemic, as it now appears that no-one under 50 is going to get vaccinated until May (other than those who are vulnerable for other reasons).
It's not as if I am particularly vulnerable; it's entirely possible that if I was to catch COVID, I would be fine anyway, but that's not a risk I want to take given the number of people under 50 I know who've developed long COVID without having had any pre-existing vulnerabilities. And it's not as if I had any plans to rush out and spend time in crowded indoor places, though I think there will probably be a push to move towards getting back into the office after Easter (and I was letting myself wonder a bit whether it would be possible to visit my parents for my mother's 70th birthday at the end of May). It just makes any end to this feel that much further away.
Of course, it's probably also hitting particularly hard given that today is the anniversary of the last "normal" day in the office (not that it was very normal, as it was mostly spent making desperate plans for moving to working from home). I'm glad I didn't know then that it would be over a year...
It's not as if I am particularly vulnerable; it's entirely possible that if I was to catch COVID, I would be fine anyway, but that's not a risk I want to take given the number of people under 50 I know who've developed long COVID without having had any pre-existing vulnerabilities. And it's not as if I had any plans to rush out and spend time in crowded indoor places, though I think there will probably be a push to move towards getting back into the office after Easter (and I was letting myself wonder a bit whether it would be possible to visit my parents for my mother's 70th birthday at the end of May). It just makes any end to this feel that much further away.
Of course, it's probably also hitting particularly hard given that today is the anniversary of the last "normal" day in the office (not that it was very normal, as it was mostly spent making desperate plans for moving to working from home). I'm glad I didn't know then that it would be over a year...
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Date: 2021-03-18 07:39 pm (UTC)