Daniel Hutchinson From The Hutch

A month ago we were all doomed to live in a diseased world indefinitely.

But, hey presto, and now we have a whole bunch of vaccines to choose from.

So now the mad scramble for vaccine supply kicks in.

Personally, I like the sound of the Oxford University one – it just sounds fancier for a start and some of the others just seem like fodder for the anti-vaxers.

For example the Pfizer vaccine is more than 90 per cent effective but it has to be kept at -80 degrees Celsius.

Now, I get the worst ice cream headaches, especially when trying to eat one of those MacDonald's soft serve cones dipped in chocolate. They melt out the bottom of the chocolate faster than you can lick them clean.

Only an accomplished yodeller has the requisite skill to eat one without making a mess.

Like global warming, you essentially have to try and get ahead of the problem by destroying the chocolate and then munching out the ice cream faster than a beaver full of methamphetamines.

Massive ice cream headache.

The prospect of a minus 80 degree Celsius vaccine just sends a shiver up my preferred vaccine shoulder.

Chill out

However, it would be irresponsible of me not to research this a bit further.

University of Auckland Associate Professor and vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris told Stuff earlier this month that you don't actually have to take it out of the freezer and inject it straight away. You have a 'few days”.

She also used words like 'super-duper frozen” which I'm hoping is just dumbed down language designed for the ignorant masses. Personally, I like long medical terms that I have to look up because it means someone smart is running the show.

The Oxford vaccine can be kept in the fridge next to the milk, which obviously has its own risks but I'm sure most doctors will be able to tell the difference.

But, I guess a vaccine is a vaccine so I'll just take my medicine and then spoil myself with an ice cream.

Super cars

The other thing I wanted to touch n this week is the police's new choice of police cars.

Unlike other people, I don't look down my nose at the Skoda. Back in the 80's, my older brother was given a Skoda, would you believe, by an older woman he knew.

I never did get the back story on that but, anyway, I was just sitting my licence at the time and I was a bit envious.

This was clearly a state-of-the-art car because it had no fewer than 18 window wiper speeds.

He loved this car but it didn't love him back unfortunately and, in fact, it nearly crushed him to death when it slipped off its jack, while he was fixing something under it.

He traded it shortly afterwards for a Peugeot.

The choice of vehicles though is unlikely to sit well with the criminal fraternity. Nobody in a Ford Falcon is going to be impressed when they are hunted down and pulled over by a person in a Skoda.

You have basically already served part of your sentence before you even come to a complete stop.

I would love to know how much these new cars cost but, apparently it's a state secret, so I guess we'll just fork out for it and assume that the Government has our best financial interests at heart.

Running for Mayor.

It's time for everybody in Tauranga to put their name in the hat for Mayor. I like the fact that this is now just a Mayoral election, aside from the by-election in the Otumoetai ward.

We can really have a good think about who we want for Mayor. It's almost like our version of a presidential race, only without the billion dollar budgets.

I'd like everybody to have a good think about what they want out of their Mayor, so I can put together the perfect profile next week.

The mo bros

Anyway, you'll be pleased to know this is the last week of Movember and, with just a few days to go the Sun Mo Stars have raised a massive $650 towards making sure men stick around longer.

The gold medal in our team goes to John (The Wild Man) Borren who raised $340 all by himself.

Thanks everyone for your support and remember you can still donate to the cause by visiting the movember.com website.

Here are the final results of our hair growing endeavours for you to pin on the wall.

daniel@thesun.co.nz