I'm cautiously optimistic but the daily death toll here is now single figures some days - compared to over 1,000 in January.

It is awful to think about the people lost to this I agree. We had a minutes silence last month in the UK to reflect.

One thing that's amused me is one woman at work who last year said she wouldn't get the vaccine and covid was exaggerated, has now had both vaccines and is encouraging us all to get ours as soon as possible! I think it's great. All my colleagues are happy to get theirs. This makes me feel more secure about my workplace too.

It's been stressful at times. I hate conflict. I do recognise everyone has the right to an opinion but last year a few of my colleagues were denying covid was serious and some of them were believing conspiracy theories.

As my son says everyone is entitled to an opinion but not their own facts!