As James and I had a cup of tea sitting on a log in Fernbrae Meadows today, bathed in warm sunshine, I asked him if he thought that this might be the beginning of springtime. James thought about this and answered no, but that it might be the “promise of springtime.” This makes sense since we are still in February, but it’s very nice that there are definite signs of the approaching change of season.
There are also changes afoot regarding lockdown. The number of deaths has fallen due to the lockdown, and the number of people who have been vaccinated has increased faster and faster.
Today Boris announced that schools will reopen on 8th March and then there will be a four step lifting of restrictions e.g. households mixing, restaurants reopening, over the next several months. By 21st June most social restrictions will have been lifted. This is of course dependent on all going well with the vaccine programme and the number of cases and deaths continuing to fall. Nicola Sturgeon is going to announce Scotland’s plans tomorrow but I expect that they will be similar.
Talking of vaccines, James got his first Covid jag today (Astra Zeneca) and will get his second one in 12 weeks. Since the jags are being allocated in descending order of age (key workers and very vulnerable groups were given theirs first), they are doing well to have reached the 59 year olds already. James got his jag in Fernhill Community Centre which is why we then went for a walk through Fernbrae Meadows and up to Cathkin Braes. It was a beautiful day, and my good mood was not dented by a huge fall into a patch of mud that necessitated a complete change of clothes and a bath on my return home!
So far James has reported no side effects from his jag.
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