ofuscación +

Well, they do actually have a word for it. The spanish "plan" for the roll-out of the vaccine has now been leaked out a bit - I hesitate to say released.

In the first instance, the planning has been devolved to the regions, so there are many different ways of doing it. Secondly, and in a total master-stroke, they have decided that the different jabs from the varying manufacturers should be handled in different ways - thus the Pfizer (or is it Astra Zeneca?) vaccine should not be given to the over-55s, but may be administered to an alternate group of younger "priority" workers.

They have brought every sort of care-worker and his/her/its charge into the higher level of the system (as almost every spanish resident of Mijas seems to walk with a stick and have a care-worker walking beside them, that is a lot here), with police, soldiers, firemen, teachers, etc next - but they also seem to have incorporated anyone who is connected to some of these people in some way. Probably "I am connected as I am his elected representative", or "I have been connected to him while dealing with paperwork for his house in the town hall".

They have also ruled some people out of the list *

Yesterday they were proudly announcing that the next phase of the roll-out would be for the "over 90s".

Give me strength! (preferably for some months to come)

* There is an alternative, but a bit drastic. One of my pals was tested positive after having a cough for a couole of weeks. He hid and isolated and coughed. Four weeks and he has been tested as clear and with antibodies (but his wife now has it) - but the roll-out will not include them as there may be "unknown effects" for "survivors" - (another bit of ofuscación)

+ getting muddier by the day - following the "jab the 90+ year olds", they are now reporting utilising the 100 jabs per day for teachers and military personnel. Our local non-councillor reported from the embassy on the many queries relating to people with private health insurance being incorporated into the scheme. Ever helful, the embassy mob eventually admitted they do not know. Brilliant (but not unexpected).