shyama, so many predictions about when the vaccine will finally come to us.n reading the newspapers on a sunday, every story that we read is speculative. it isjust based on intuition and intelligence analysis rather than actual facts or evidence. the story isjust saying that an e—mail was sent by an nhs trust chief to his staff, saying that the nhs is preparing for a national vaccination programme before christmas. all i have been reading about the oxford vaccine and others suggest that is not possible, but who knows? may be is a vanguard ofa but who knows? may be is a vanguard of a kind of vaccine that can be used. it's hopeful, it's interesting but i feel with every target that we read, including vaccines before christmas, it is a bit like the difference between telling a chihuahua that it can run a marathon and a horse. we seem to be led by chihuahuas at the moment. i do not believe this but i'm sure a lot of people well. i hope it may be true. we have just had anthony fauci, the us‘s guru on coronavirus, the infectious disease expert, he has been assistin