Is This Selfish Queue Jumping?

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make and I'm not 100% certain you do yourself.

My original post was in reply to a poster(not you) asking if it was sensible to book a jab at a holiday destination. You seem to have confused this with your own circumstances which I made no comment on originally - no need to get so hot under the collar! 

Jill

There must have been something wrong with the set up if that was happening. We get text messages from both the surgery and NHS but these are usually only reminders of appointments. Margaret has now signed up to receive notification of hospital appointment letters by text. We then go online and download a .PDF copy of the letter. Must save the NHS millions in postage! Are there many of the older generation now without mobile phones? Someone would now have to be well into their 80/90's now for mobile phones not to be in common usage when they were younger. I accept that some may well have avoided them, but that was a choice.

David

I think there are many very elderly folk who have a mobile phone David but they probably use it for basic calls not texts etc. people become less able to use these facilities as they get older, it could be all of us at some future point and people need extra help.

I've just had a phone call from a neighbour urging me to "use" the system (there is easy access to do so) and jump the queue. She and her husband went to a local venue today, he is "vulnerable" and they are both under 70. They got their jabs. Neither of them had received letters or calls.

The Government have created a loophole and obviously there are greedy selfish individuals who will take advantage and put themselves first.

I looked up on line what is happening and I see Priti Pattel said yesterday that these actions are morally reprehensible and the gov. are now thinking of issuing fines to those who do this.

Hopefully that loop hole will be closed a.s.a.p. 

When I saw the level of activity, I thought this would be about the EU-AstraZeneca spat.

One wonders how this all might impact on our second jabs notwithstanding Boris's reassurances.