Yes, will be some kind of time lag but perhaps a light at the end of the tunnel. It is my understanding that it’s still early days yet – but the development was enough to cause both the First Minister and the PM to make a statement on it and also sent the stock market jumping in optimism in a way not seen this year.
Perhaps even if the initial vaccinations go to the most vulnerable and get administered in the likes of care homes it will mean in principle a drop in the fatality rate of the virus and therefore merit some easing of restrictions even before a full roll out.
Of course it’s all unprecedented because a vaccination has never in history been rolled out so quickly – but I am guessing in this case medical advancements and technology has turbocharged even the development phase. We will have to see.