Racing through deserted streets to get my Covid jab – it was like a scene from Blade Runner | Brigid Delaney

When a young woman with a soft voice put the needle into my arm, I felt like weeping

It was the start of the lockdown maybe a month ago when I turned my mind seriously to procuring a vaccine.

Like our prime minister, I had fallen victim to hubris and complacency. While cases were in their zeros, it seemed like I had all the time in the world to get vaccinated.