Getting recreation and leisure up and running again.

I hope so. It is still odd that I have shows sold as socially distanced around the same time as ones sold as normal in my diary. I wonder when the real changeover will be. Hopefully booking 2 more with on-sales today. Let’s hope they are the last socially distanced ones I book.

The joint committee on vaccination and immunisation has published a provisional prioritisation list for vaccination which ranks 11 categories of people. Bearing in mind that priority 11 is 'rest of the population, priority to be determined, the other 10 rankings only cover people aged 50 and over. The BBC science correspondent described that priority levels up to 10 would be fulfilled 'eventually... as more stocks become available'.

Whilst it is obviously amazing progress and we are hugely indebted to scientists and those who have signed up to the trials, I have no expectation of being vaccinated in 2021 due to my considerable youthfulness (lol) at the age of 36. I wonder how this will impact heard immunity given that the age of the people who are a priority are likely to be those who are out and about less (of course there are perfectly spritely 80 year olds, but in general). I'm not questioning the priority list, of course it must go in order of vulnerability, I'm just pondering. 

Once we have brought the prevalence in the community down somewhat through the latest lockdown I am extremely eager to get back to galleries, museums and theatres so a vaccine wouldn't immediately change my behaviour and hopefully vaccinating some groups would at least create a longer period between more stringent measures having to be introduced. 

Surely the National Theatre will be your first port of call, lynette? All that beautiful concrete! 🤣

No. Given I'll be at the very end of the line to be vaccinated, as a 35 year old, I reckon I won't be able to get back to theatregoing for at least another year, if not longer. In fact I'm rather hacked off that my 72 year old mother will be able to get out & about long before I will!

I am being shielded again and now furloughed as I am in the extreme vulnerable group, so hopefully I will be in the 2nd batch.

However there is no point in beating around the bush, this is the best news this year for what has been a terrible year. This will help me get my life back on track seeing shows and going on holiday and maybe back to New York at some point, hopefully I will now get travel insurance. Also when I cough or feel a bit hot, I don’t have to fear having Covid. (I have just seen a colleague of mine die from this horrid virus) Also getting stressed in supermarkets or public transport where people don’t wear masks (although thankfully I a, not doing those 2 much now.)

Downside though is I used to see a lot of theatre, too much really, but since this lockdown I have fallen in love with my garden and pot on my patio in like 15 now, plus I have just planted a lot of bulbs in the beds.

Awesome news. All in all I can get my life back and start living again.

I hold a similar view but then I remember long Covid

Yeah, stating the obvious, we really need some research to figure out why some people get long Covid and others are fine after a couple of weeks.

If we can figure that out then we can vaccinate the high-risk-of-death group and the high-risk-of-long-Covid group next year, and let everyone else deal with the risk of just being a bit poorly for a couple of weeks. Particularly as it's probably not a one-and-done situation, given it's a virus and will mutate.

Like the flu jab - which incidentally is turning out to be hard to come by this year. 

The symptoms of Fibromyalgia are very very similar to long Covid - interesting as there is a school of thought that Fibro could be triggered by a virus.

Well that adds about another £50 a month onto my theatre goings. But its a good idea.

I had tickets to see Jeff Beck this year which was rescheduled to April 2021. It has now been rescheduled again to May 2022. I wonder what this means for other gigs?

I agree, an impossible situation. At this point I'd gladly pay for a concert streamed from an empty club or theatre. Kylie did one recently. I have no idea how the costs would work out but if a mid tier band could get say 500 fans to pay a tenner and a deal could be worked out with a club it could be a start.