Itsallaguess wrote:I think there may have been some initial scepticism regarding the potential take-up of vaccines by the younger population, so it must have come as a great relief to see just how engaged those between the ages of 25 to 29 were on Tuesday, when the booking system opened up to that age-group -
Young people booked vaccines at rate of 100,000 an hour -
We've got more now on the record day for vaccination bookings.
When vaccine appointments opened to 25 to 29-year-olds yesterday the initial surge prompted 100,000 bookings an hour between 07:00 BST and midday, according to NHS figures.
NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens labels it a "Glastonbury-style" rush for jabs - a reference to the traditional stampede to book tickets for the music festival.
He says: "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."
Hitting one million bookings in a day "sends a fantastic signal", says Dr Emily Lawson, lead for the NHS Covid Vaccination Programme.
She says it shows "the Covid-19 vaccine is something that all of us - no matter our age – can value and be excited by and most importantly should get, when our opportunity comes."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-57409973
Credit where it's due, and let's hope the superb enthusiasm shown above continues as they work down towards the 18+ groups as well.
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
The young were always going to get vaccinated because that is the only way they will get to travel abroad again. The problem is those ethnic groups who think that the disease doesn’t affect them because their God determines whether they get it or not, not the vaccine .