The UK lead in getting vaccines was because he gazumped the EU's deal with Astra Zeneca. (I hope the Covid inquiry might look at what inducements were involved.)
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The UK lead in getting vaccines was because he gazumped the EU's deal with Astra Zeneca. (I hope the Covid inquiry might look at what inducements were involved.)
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That's really not what happened. Also the UK "lead" was massively overstated - we were initially ahead but ended up close to average for Western European countries as the Pfizer jab came online.
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Correct. Bojo got the first PR jab opportunity.That's really not what happened. Also the UK "lead" was massively overstated - we were initially ahead but ended up close to average for Western European countries as the Pfizer jab came online.
But the real benefit was mass deployment and we were middle of the road on that front.
Also worth noting that the first jabs in the UK were Astra Zeneca and that jab was withdrawn due to issues with clots. I had that jab for my first one and have a lump in my arm. I blame that on Boris.
We may not be talking about the same thing. Under the EU's contract with AZ, AZ warranted that it had no obligation, contractual or otherwise, that would conflict with or impede fulfilment of the EU's contract - but it seems it did conflict with the UK's contract.That's really not what happened. Also the UK "lead" was massively overstated - we were initially ahead but ended up close to average for Western European countries as the Pfizer jab came online.
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Yep, our vaccine lead was for a couple of months in spring of 2021, after the winter 2020/21 variant had died down and before Delta kicked in. By the time Delta happened we no longer had a lead and were mid table in Europe.That's really not what happened. Also the UK "lead" was massively overstated - we were initially ahead but ended up close to average for Western European countries as the Pfizer jab came online.
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Pfizer was available at pretty much the same time as AZ. My missus got it within a month of the first jab because she was swabbing old people in care homes at the time, quite a few of whom had the virus and died.
Just checked and Pfizer was approved nearly a month before AZ.
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Why is this waste of oxygen along with Truss still in vogue
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It was approved first, but rollout was limited by supplies
The initial lead the UK had was because we had more supplies of AZ available. However, as Pfizer production ramped up (and AZ didn't, or not as fast as hoped), other European countries overtook us as per the graph upthread.
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Their media pals keeping the cunts relevant.
Tory K giving the **** a prime time BBC interview on Thursday.
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what an absolute **** - playing games with all our lives with all our futures
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