Charlotte Green
I am secretary of Barwell Bloomers.
(Barwell in Bloom.)
Vice-chair of Barwell and Earl Shilton British Legion.
I enjoy the future learn courses, and have gained a lot of knowledge from them.
Location Leicestershire England.
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I'm completely lost. Not too sure I can continue this course but will try!!!
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The results of the survey depends only on the data that has been fed into the computer.
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By doing this sort of survey the results can easily be manipulated to have an outcome that the person conducting the survey wants, especially if they are biased on a certain topic.
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Again because the numbers are rounded up or down there will never be a true answer to those killed. So unfortunately this is mainly guess work.
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I suppose it is interesting that statistics were not available in wars before the 20th century I remember my great aunt who lost her husband in WW2 this was classed as missing in action.
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A good first week to this course I don't think all the victims of violence and war crimes will ever be recorded truly, considering that some are never found people found, reported or known to be missing especially if they become buried in buildings.
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Thank you for the course it is well-produced and portrayed.
I cannot understand altogether why the song Mary Mary quite contrary is associated with her. ( I remember learning that at school) but she was not barren and produced James although she did lose a baby or twins to Bothwell.
Thank you for the interesting and in-depth look at
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Where was Mary buried?
I must admit as stated before I really do not like her being mocked and portrayed as someone that everyone laughs at. -
As I looked at the above picture it brought to my mind the dame played in our local Christmas pantomime each year.
Again Mary again the butt of jokes for everyone to laugh at. -
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I must admit that I don't like the way Mary is portrayed and made to look like a comedian that everyone can have a laugh at.
Her life was hard and she battled every step of it with no control. -
"Mary Queen of Scots got her head chopped off"
Well so did Charles I and he isn't mimicked like she was, so I think there is something underlying as to why she is made to look a fool and remembered in this way. -
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As I watched these videos it crossed my mind that she might have had a french accent when she spoke English, after all, she had been brought up in France from an early age.
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When I think of Mary I never think of the ruff at all like I do Elizabeth I .
I think of Mary with her rosary and crucifix a symbol of her loyalty and belief in God who she puts her trust in. I think of her with her little dog who followed her to the end and was her most loyal subject.
I also think of her with cringes as to how she was beheaded and the sad... -
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I think a lot of the memorabilia has nothing to do with Mary.
I would like to think that the beautiful crucifix belongs to Mary I think it may have been a key part of her life and she would have had one of beauty, this demonstrates her loyalty to God and her faith. -
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It is interesting that there were coins representing different periods of her life.
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Boswell's focus on Mary's abdication shows yet again the downside of Mary. There is nothing in the art form to suggest she was a strong courageous or loving person to anyone. It really is a shame they portray her in this way.
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It is rather odd that portraits and pictures concerning her beheading were almost mass-produced than showing some of the highlights and struggles she had ensured during her life.
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The portraits of Mary never seem to age she always appears young.
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Mary was upset that she didn't have her confession heard, this is very important to a catholic, but neither did she receive the sacrament of the last rites catholic which would be a big concern to her.
Mary writes lovingly to her brother-in-law but it is noticeable that she never sent any love or messages to her son.
Mary was worried about the wages owed to... -
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I feel Buchanan betrayed Mary and was possibly supporting Moray as he may have been paid by him.
Elizabeth was the illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII. So Mary was the official queen of England and Scotland.
The problem was that Britain had suffered at the hands of Henry and Catholics had been treated really badly by him, religion was at the heart of... -
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Elizabeth ruled as a "no-nonsense" queen.
After Mary had signed the documents to stop plotting against her, Elizabeth had no choice but to execute her, otherwise, she would have looked weak.
If Elizabeth hadn't had Mary executed she would have carried on plotting against her until she finally got her goal as ruler of England, then there would have been... -
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Poor Mary they couldn't even do her execution right.
I would expect her to wear a mantilla on her head and have rosary beads and say her prayers before and during the execution, after all she was a devout catholic. -
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I have learned a lot this week and didn't realise what a struggle she had in her life from her childhood right through to death.
Mary's life was controlled a lot by others, but feel that she was to blame for some of it because of the silly mistakes she made herself.
It has been a great week of learning for me about a royal I knew very little about.
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It was obvious that Mary had been involved with some of the findings against her ... She was very shrewd and very clever to cover her tracks for so long. Time eventually was going to run out for Mary and she would get caught. There was. always someone who would betray her and The Babington Plot was set up and did just that.
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I don't think Mary and Bothwell were communicating and that the poems were to or about him.
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I must admit that before this course I knew very little of Mary Queen of Scots, and was expecting her imprisonment to be very harrowing alone and horrible.
I suppose the only way to express herself was by writing letters which like today in a prison, is vetted for content. Therefore leading to her ultimate death. -
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The baby King and his mother were set against each other and there was no way back, so again Mary is denied even the love of her son, as his men are firmly set against her.
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Managing to escape Loch Leben shows that she still had some loyal subjects, even if they had not always agreed with what she had done in the past.
I don't understand why Mary went to England as Elizabeth had never offered Mary help or support as we know and therefore I'm not too sure of what support she expected Elizabeth to give her. -
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The more I learn about Mary the more I dislike her, why I don't know.
I think she used people, wanted to gain sovereignty, for England and Scotland and didn't care how she got it.
This was alright until she could not get out of the tight spot where she had to abdicate and then tried to say she had not signed the papers to make her son James VI king. -
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I think she was romantically connected to Bothwell at some time.
However, I think she "fell out of love" with him and maybe this made him angry and why he abducted and possibly raped her.
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I feel that she didn't ever find love as she was expected and made from an early age to marry Francis then Darnley and Bothwell but it stretches the Imagination to think they were all acts of conspiracy.
Respect for Mary had disappeared I think early in her reign.
I don't think she was not in love with any of her husbands and just wanted to be with someone... -
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I thought long and hard about an answer to these questions and still cannot decide, I can see why she would marry Bothwell after the rape, on the other hand as queen she could have punished the military for allowing this to happen.
If she was involved in all the conspiracies that could have happened including Darnley's death then she really was not fit to... -
Mmmm the plot thickens especially;;y as Mary decides not to be there on the night. So it does make you wonder if she was part of the conspiracy, doesn't it?
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A very horrific and cold-blooded murder.
A very tangled web here indeed, maybe Mary was having an affair with Rizzio we will never know but I am not too sure why she was so soft with the Chaseabout Raid conspirators. -
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Darnley was a good choice for Mary because he was a catholic from his mother's religion.
He was also in line for both the English and Scottish thrones.
I think that Darney was a bad reason for Mary to marry as he was unreliable lazy and didn't want to work. Darney thought he could gain the throne and I don't think he cared how he got it and I don't think he... -
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The idea of Mary becoming a Queen was not really addressed as she had married Francois and he had died at an early age so she had not been"trained" to be a Queen and I don't think being a catholic helped her nor the fact that she was female Protestants didn't want a catholic ruler and this caused the reformation.
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I don't think Elizabeth would ever have given up the crown.
Mary had never visited England and it was now mostly protestant. Henry VIII had seen to that and the people would possibly have rebelled at yet another change. -
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Mary possibly just wanted to have a peaceful reign. Wanting to turn her subjects to Catholicism was not an easy task and so I believe she would tolerate her subjects even as protestants.
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I don't think it strange that women were treated as she was.
Mary led an unfortunate isolated life at the hands of other people.
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Really enjoyed week 1. I am looking forward toweek 2.
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I enjoyed this week and found it really hard that a future queen should lead such a sad life and be treated the way she was.
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Mary was trained as well as could be expected I think to support Francis as king, she was taught latin french and dancing but nothing she was taught prepared her for the position as Queen of Scotland
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Mary signed the marriage clauses expecting to be married with children and for her rule with Francis to a long time into the future as she was young at the time.
I don't think Mary had any real power in France she was really a hand picked Queen for Francis to rule over France.
I don't think Mary had any choice but to return to Scptland as her role in Frane... -
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Mary was the rightful heir to the throne and with Elizabeth never marrying this would have changed the history books as we know them today had Mary not been executed.
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Mary led a life that others wanted and not what she would want.It was the bare minimum of educaton and maybe a big part of her failure as a ruler. The french did not accomidate her need for english and thier customs.
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Henry wanted to secure Edwards future so arranged the marriage to Mary.
I think Arran didn't relly know what he wanted and "played people at keeping them happy"
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The reformation was over religion than anything else. The protestant faith was growing and with Mary being a Catholic this went very much against her.
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I think all three questions played a part of the failure of Mary.
The fact that she was a Catholic and took 1/3 to be divided between the church and the government didnt help her.
As she grew up and ruled in France was also part of her downfall as I think she had not "in touch with the English or Scotish values and the people.
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All the panel agree I also think a lot of the problem was that she was a Catholic.
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My love of Kings and Queens has been the reason for enrolment in this course.
I love King Richard III who was found and buried about 12 miles away from me .
Another favourite has to be Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I along with The great Queen Elizabeth II. -
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I must admit that although I know this war is going on there is not much press coverage on the television so I was quite surprised to read what is on, on these websites.
It is very detailed regarding who has done the crimes and who has been killed. -
To be able to record casualties you must be able to gather all the information and be able to know accurately how many where, when and the causes of death to be able to record it.
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There can never be 1000%findings of all the dead and those that have disappeared will probably never get found and recorded.
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It is very important to keep records of those who have died and how they died for future generations.
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As I watch the latest news in Ukraine we can clearly see the dead on the streets, in cars and in the mass burial graves that have been put in place, as they cannot bury the dead in any other way. Most of these are civilians have been handcuffed or had their hands tied and shot.
War crimes here are devastating for everyone to watch as the Russian army does... -
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16.000 air strikes and the British are hoodwinked into believing there is only 1 civilian casualty. Bombs do not pick out who are civilians and who are fighters in the war.
Bombs kill whoever is in the way,, I’m surprised there were not more, maybe there was but admitting to only 1 death would be mere propaganda and look good. -
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It is a war crime to actually fire any sort of weapon on civilians.
Suicide bombings are usually in busy areas where the maximum result of killing and maiming more casualties and death will occur.
During the Russian Ukraine war, this is the case where missiles from the air and land are causing masses of refugees.
Children are made orphans and maimed in... -
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The unknown soldier I think came first because before this there were no monuments as such.
There was no "random" suicide bombing or terrorist acts, the world was a much more "peaceful" place to live and there were not mass killings like today -
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The 9.11 bombing has a memorial of civilian casualties this is a result of indirect war casualties..
On a slightly different note away from conflict, there would be no record of the number of children killed going up chimneys to clean them or the children that were killed under the machines in the mills.
There is a list of recorded people who die as a...
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War victims who are civilians are harder to keep a record of than the military deaths as
1. They don't wear dog tags so they don't always know who they are.
2. Many may be trapped in buildings that have exploded from airstrikes and may never be found.
3. It may be difficult to know how many were killed in an attack or exactly how many have fled the... -
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This is spine-chilling to think that war has taken so many lives.
These are the recorded ones but I am sure that there are far more not found or named.
War is senseless and is usually over greed control or ownership.
As I do this course the Ukrainian war is raging.
Nothing will ever be the same for the changing lives which have come to affect everyone... -
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Apparently, there are around 600 bodies found each year from the Vietnam war which are taken back to America and given a military funeral.
My friends' son is in the American Air Force and carries the coffins from the planes to the undertakers before they are placed in their final resting place. -
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I remember the Vietnam war well I was quite young at the time and it was featured in the news a great deal, my parents even though we are British listened to it religiously.
I am impressed almost pleased if I dare say that there is so much detail in the records of the deceased but of course, although computers were about they were not as accessible. At the... -
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The word cenotaph means empty tomb where we remember those lost in war who have been killed in action in wars and bears no names of those killed.
A war memorial bears the names of the fallen from the wars. These are found in most villages and towns.
On November 11th, 1920 the second anniversary of Armisters' day a gun carriage carrying the unknown warrier... -
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Nelson's column was built to honor Horatio Nelson who died at the Battle of Waterloo in 1805. This monument is in Trafalgar Square, however, I don't think that anyone in Trafalgar Square would look at it and think about him or his death or know very much if anything about the battle or Nelson.
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This changing technology gave Britain a very big advantage.
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Operation Planefare tells me that the division between the East and the West had reached a stalemate with neither side backing down.
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The logistic task of providing food medicine clothes etc was an important part that the British and American aircraft undertook. As stated in the video it is uncertain whether nuclear bombs came to Britain, but I suspect there were some here.
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The airlift was due to the fact that neither side understood each other due to the breakdown in relationships with each other.
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Thank God this was averted as a war that would use A-Bombs and wipe out civilization as we know it today.
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Operation unthinkable was created because of the communist and how they wanted to rule, it really was an Extention of WWII
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Being forced into debt by borrowing from America must have given some problems to Britain along with national service so soon after WWII, which must have caused I imagine some unrest in the country so soon after the war.
Demobilizing the RAF could present another set of problems as they were not represented in places they had been leaving these open for...
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Slowly everything is becoming understandable and clearer.
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A brilliant video highlighting the important role the RAF and the duties they carry out.
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I don't know why but I have liked Churchill, maybe it is because he sent our boys "over the top" during the war without any regard for their lives or their families.
This certainly is shining a light to help me understand what went on all thise years ago. -
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I remember the threat of the ballistic missile and the wall coming down and there being a world with no peace.
It was terrifying as a child, I remember when the news was on the television at 6.00 each night we as girls could not make a sound while our parents watched it. So although we watched and heard it we didn't fully understand what was going on, things... -
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Sorry, No idea.
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Looking forward to learning more about this course and the events in history.
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I remember from my childhood the Vietnam war where there were treats of the bomb going off.
We went to school and prayed we would see our families at night.
The word nuclear makes my hair stand on edge to this day and I am 65.
There is no way of getting rid of the waste from nuclear energy or the fall out from it, it will be here forever.
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Charlotte Green made a comment
Influenza, pneumonia covid 19 and all the children's vaccine and shingles.
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At the end of the day, it is always down to money.
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Yes, I admit but that's what we are told and as a recipient, it does worry me a little. I admit the media do scare monger!!!
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most interesting.
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So glad there are vaccines that save valuable lives
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Again this shows how important it is that everyone is vaccinated and eradicates the disease.
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I must admit that as you state it took 6 months for the SARS vaccine to be developed and the Coid10 vaccine was developed a lot quicker o confess to being worried by side effects. It has been proven that the Astra Zeneca causes blood clots but also what are the long term effects too?
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Referring to the Covid 19 vaccine there has been no problems in my area.
However I had a letter from the NHS telling me to go for my vaccine and to go online to book an appointment, ( this stated that the nearest was 20 miles away and not my local Doctors) my own Doctors practice have been giving the vaccines after calling them I was told to ignore the NHS... -
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It is so sad there are people in the world who have nothing surely the rest of the world can help with the cost of the vaccines.
Whenever there is an emergency on Earth there is always money sent to the site to help relieve the injured and suffering. So why can something like this happen, money from all around the world could be set aside for something as... -
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These results show how important it is that we all receive vaccines and stop the spread of these terrible illnesses and conditions.
It is vital that everyone receives the vaccines and there should be a fund for the third world countries to be able to get cash from to pay for this to cover the cost.
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Looking forward to this weeks module.
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I don't suppose we ever stop to think about how many people and the "knock-on effect" of all the people concerned in giving vaccines across these remote places.
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The Gavi organisation is essential to help clear the world of illnesses and conditions by vaccines.
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I remember the MMR vaccine scare when my children were small.
It was very scary as to what to believe and what to do with your little one's when it came to their vaccines. -
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I did not know there was any polio transmitted in the world today.
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Jacques resté dans une carava ne.
Jai ecuté des amis.
La appartmente et grande.
Le film finit á quelle heure?
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Charlotte Green made a comment
A brilliant easy to understand video, which puts into perspective the importance of having vaccinations.
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Interesting video's.
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Thank you I am sure this will be very useful.
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I am from Leicestershire in the UK.
I am interested in this course because the whole of the British Isles is to be offered the COVID 19 vaccine.
How can we be certain that there are no future side effects maybe in years to come like the thalidomide medicine back in the '60s? -
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Thank you for putting on this course.
I am sure I will learn a lot and understand more about vaccines and preventative medicine.
