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    #1

    Oh dear

    Captain Tom Moore, 100, in hospital with Covid and pneumonia | Metro News

    Captain Tom Moore has been admitted to hospital while battling coronavirus and pneumonia, his family have said. Daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore confirmed the 100-year-old war veteran, who raised almost £33 million for NHS charities during the first lockdown, was taken in for treatment today when he needed extra help with his breathing.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR
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    Oh crap. Well he's had a good innings, got his 15 mins of fame, blah blah blah.

    If he hadn't done his thing for the NHS none of us would have ever known he existed.

    Sadly all good things come to an end.

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      #3
      Surely with his age (and status) he'd be vaccinated among the first?

      Maybe he had first doze and this is where "let's delay 2nd doze to get higher number of "vaccinated" people" PR strategy fails...

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        Originally posted by AtW View Post
        Surely with his age (and status) he'd be vaccinated among the first?

        Maybe he had first doze and this is where "let's delay 2nd doze to get higher number of "vaccinated" people" PR strategy fails...
        The vaccine roll out is uneven so not all those over 80 who aren't in care homes have been vaccinated.

        (Just reminded me to check on a few people.,)
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          Originally posted by AtW View Post
          Surely with his age (and status) he'd be vaccinated among the first?

          Maybe he had first doze and this is where "let's delay 2nd doze to get higher number of "vaccinated" people" PR strategy fails...
          Dose.

          He may be old but I don't think he was napping.

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            #6
            Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
            He may be old but I don't think he was napping.
            At 100 years dozing off is perfectly normal, it's the overdozing one needs to look out for...

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              #7
              Flip he is a proper icon. Hope he gets better.

              Even if he doesn't he has already made the UK a better place.

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                Originally posted by AtW View Post
                Surely with his age (and status) he'd be vaccinated among the first?

                Maybe he had first doze and this is where "let's delay 2nd doze to get higher number of "vaccinated" people" PR strategy fails...
                Nope, he was on pneumonia medication so couldn't have it, apparently.

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                  #9
                  He may yet recover!

                  Coronavirus: 106-Year-Old Delhi Man, Who Survived Spanish Flu In 1918, Beats COVID-19: Report
                  There's Hope for Us All: 100-Year-Old Man and 103-Year-Old Woman Survive Coronavirus | The Alzheimer's Site News
                  bloggoth

                  If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                  John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                    #10
                    Damn!

                    Get well soon Sir Tom!

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