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Rod:
Hello everyone, I hope all OK out there.
Now as the title implies I am throwing open a question to you all.  Am I mental (let me finish please), being foolish, or is it because I want to bloody look forward to something?  Oh the reason I ask those questions is because I have actually gone and booked my flights to Corfu!  Yes I've done it.  They are booked for the wife and I for the 10th June.
I do realise I am going to get different responses but that is exactly why I am asking you.  I want to know what you think and why.  I'll go first.  First of all I am hoping for some normality to resume by June (fingers crossed).  Secondly is for some reason I think once restrictions relax then there will be an almighty dash for flights to various destinations and therefore prices will go through the roof.  Most of all though is what I said earlier, I just want something to look forward to and dream of beautiful San Stefanos.  Over to you.   :)

Jimbo:
Hi Rod. Dangerous to ask me what I think, but here goes:

It seems to me to be too early to make any kind of forecast. The new virus variants are incredibly infectious. They have completely changed the picture.

A lot may depend on whether the EU can recover from its disastrous cock-up of the vaccination program. As of today, Greece has vaccinated 290,000 people. That's 2.75% of the population. Greece did extremely well in the first wave, and kept the infection rate very low. The current scientific thinking, as far as I can find it, in the USA and the UK, is that for mass immunity at least 80% of the population need to be vaccinated. So there is no space for complacency.

There were 540 new infections reported in Greece in the last week. That's low by UK standards, but the new variants are capable of rapid exponential growth.

Things will become a lot clearer by Easter. Fingers crossed!

Rod:
Thanks for the reply Jimbo.  I know everything is up in the air and quite frankly if it's not possible to fly due to covid then I will not lose out.  However I have also paid 50% cost of my accommodation already.  Mental I am, or optimistic.

Tredegar Boy:
My sister has invited us to join her at her Turkish villa at the beginning of June but I'm not sure if we will be allowed to fly if we haven't had the vaccine. I'm in the priority 6 group in Wales while my wife is in group 5. The rate of vaccinations in Wales suggests I may not get the jab until July. On top of that will the countries where we want to go let us in.

Love to do what you've done though.

Jimbo:
I think Rod is right to take an optimistic step. Given that UK vaccination rates are number three in the world, there's good reason to think that things will be better by the summer.

There's room for TB to hope as well. Wales now has the highest per capita vaccination rate in the UK.

I'm sure that the EU will get its lethargic act together and ramp things up very soon. If not, we may see countries like Greece take their own emergency powers.

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