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Salvation frustration

We ended the dark year of 2020 saying, “Thank God that’s over!” I hate to be a joy germ, but it’s not over yet: 2021 is likely to be a long hard haul back to some kind of normality for the country, the economy and you.

I really hate to deflate our optimistic summer season, but the best guess of those in the know about Covid-19 is that it will be two to three years before the peril dissipates internationally. Groan.

Okay, the Government is planning to roll out a vaccine in the second quarter of the year, which means April, May, June. Autumn. It

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