It's not an either/or though is it BTN?

The risks of Omicron have been known about for weeks, so why was the booster program not ramped up before now? It has been dawdling along without any real push until now. And why announce it on TV before, it seems, the NHS had been warned and befire the booking IT had been upgraded?

It makes sense to push the booster program, but I think there is also some polticiking going along with the government finding it a useful distraction from the antics at no 10.