I think it’s fair to say the government has got many, many things wrong during the course of the pandemic.

At the last count, we had the worst per capita death total in the world and one of the worst economic outcomes.

But credit where it’s due, the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine has been staggeringly successful.

Being brutally honest, my heart sank when it was announced that government minister Nadhim Zahawi was being put in charge of the vaccine programme but to be fair, he’s been pretty good.

I’ve been impressed with his clear communication and I’m starting to like the new style of under promising and over delivering, which makes a refreshing change from the bluff and bluster we have all had to endure from this government.

At the time of writing, more than 20 million people in the UK had received their first jab and invitations were being sent out to the over 60s to book their vaccine which is the seventh of the nine priority groups established by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

Whichever way you look at it, this has been a truly remarkable achievement and just shows what can be done when the roll-out is put in the hands of the NHS, rather than outsourced to expensive private consultants.

But there has been a certain amount of clamour for specific occupations to be included as a priority group in their own right.

Teachers, police, other emergency services and retail workers who deal with the public seem to me to have a good case to be prioritised for the vaccine.

And this is where public health and personal health clash head on.

If I was a teacher having to work in a room with 20 or 30 teenagers, I would certainly want to be vaccinated. If I was a police officer having to deal with recalcitrant members of the public, I would certainly want to be vaccinated and the same goes if I was working on a checkout in Asda.

That’s the demand personal health makes.

But the JCVI looks at it a different way. It is all about public health and the committee made the decision not to include specific occupations for public health reasons.

The last group on the priority list are those aged 50 and over and the JCVI has decided that over 40s and not occupation groups will be next in line for the vaccine once the priority groups have had their jabs.

The logic is that speed is of the essence and working through age groups is the fastest way to stop Covid-19 deaths.

It said modelling studies for phase 2 of the vaccination programme also indicate that the speed of vaccine deployment is the most important factor in helping prevent severe illness and death.

To be fair to the experts, the evidence seems to be that their vaccination schedule has worked…but I’d still be a little miffed if I was a teacher.

Let’s just hope all the under promising leads to a significant over delivering and that all adults are vaccinated well ahead of the July 31 target date.

On a completely different subject, if you are of a certain age, you will almost certainly know the song Escape (The Piña Colada Song).

It was released at the end of 1979 and is an ultimate earworm. It’s playing in my head even as I write this.

It was known at the time that the author and singer, Rupert Holmes, was British-born but it turns out he is actually from Northwich. Who knew?

If you’re not of that generation, it would be difficult to explain just how all-pervasive that song was. In fact, it’s fair to say that in the end, it became monumentally irritating (and it’s still playing on repeat in my head).

But to be fair, it was a worldwide success and I think it’s something to be celebrated that it was the work of a son of Northwich.

Guardian reporter Scott Murphy reports that there’s now an idea to create an event or a tribute to mark the legacy of singer Holmes.

It is the brainchild of Tom Barrow, who discovered the man behind ‘The Piña Colada Song’ was actually born in the town in 1947 when researching a quiz during lockdown.

Ideas put forward so far, include a Piña Colada festival in the summer, a lyric walkway, a statue, or even a cocktail umbrella-themed art installation.

Now there’s something to raise a glass to.