one of the things i'm certainly most
proud of is the way that we're all
working together
um to deliver this essential program
across the uk
this has been a huge national endeavor
and one that i certainly haven't seen
of this scale before we've seen in all
of those parts of the sector come
together against
rallying against a common cause and it's
been absolutely heartening to see
well having um lived in the war it's
very much like that you know
when everybody had the same idea and i
think this this is rather sort of
inspired that
hasn't it if i could bottle this
community spirit and use it not just for
the vaccination program but for other
things
i i think the job would be done
wouldn't it be nice
well once you've had the vaccine you
have a feeling of
you know you're protected which is i
think very important
and as far as i can make out it was
quite harmless
it was very quick and i'm i've had lots
of letters from people who've
been very surprised by how easy it was
to get the vaccine
and the jab was but it didn't hurt at
all we hope everyone who is offered the
vaccine will take it up
um because it is their best it is all of
our best chances
to protect both the people who take up
the vaccine their families and their
communities
i think the other the other thing is is
that
it's it is obviously difficult for
people to if they've never had a
vaccine because they ought to think
about other people rather than
themselves
we vaccinated all 483 care homes in
northern ireland
and in fact the vast majority of them
in fact almost all of them will have
received their second doses
by the end of this week so we are
particularly
proud of that we know that this is
probably the largest
and most disruptive pandemic that we've
faced both globally
and within the uk for over a hundred
years
it's a bit like a plague isn't it
because it's not only here that we've
got the
virus but it's everywhere
so it's it's it's it's a strange
battle that everybody's actually
fighting
greetings from wales i'm glad to say
that we've also had
fantastic um help so we have dentists
we have pharmacists and we have
the military the personal testimonies
have been very heartwarming
leading naval nurse kira jones who's a
mental health nurse
normally says i've never been so proud
to say
i'm a nurse in the royal navy words
cannot describe the overwhelming feeling
tears at times i have when a patient
touches my hand and thanks me for the
vaccine
i am proud to be a nurse
it is remarkable how quickly the whole
thing has
has been done and so many
people have had the vaccine already so
you will have to keep up the good work
i'm very glad indeed have had the chance
to hear it all
you