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Forget for a moment the Government's omnishambles of recent days (if you can!). Because yesterday there was something magnificent about the sight of tens of thousands of Britons queueing for up to five hours to roll up their collective sleeves and beat the wretched coronavirus.
It was nothing less than a spectacular start to the national booster mission.
Yes, it began inauspiciously. The website for booking third Covid jabs crashed. But with luck, this was just a teething problem caused by overwhelming demand.
Boris Johnson deserves nothing but high praise for turbocharging the rollout – he could, after all, have caved in to professional pessimists demanding tighter restrictions.
So we urge our readers to answer his clarion call today for a 'booster brigade' of volunteers to help deliver vaccinations.
Yesterday there was something magnificent about the sight of tens of thousands of Britons queueing for up to five hours to roll up their collective sleeves and beat the wretched coronavirus
And yet…
Isn't there a deeply nagging unease about the broader reaction to the Omicron variant? Yes, it's very infectious. But jabs do offer protection and there is scant evidence – yet – of it being deadlier than Delta.
Despite this, the Prime Minister ominously refuses to rule out tougher controls.
These, though, are far from cost-free.
Plan B rules are already biting, with a flood of lost orders and cancelled reservations, depriving business of billions.
NHS waiting lists predicted to double to 12million... no face-to-face GP appointments for months... elective surgery postponed... imagine waiting months for a hip operation only to be told to come back next year!
And think of the damage
