I think AZ are due to vastly underperform against the contract they have with the EU, above and beyond what was discussed/argued about earlier in the year.....talk of Van de Leyden and others being called to task over the contracts etc........if I was a betting man I would think this is a move (suspending the jab) by EU to save face. It also rather cleverly put AZ under scrutiny.I’m normally pro-European, but I can’t believe how badly Europe has handled this. Seems very fishy to me that they are suspending AZ but not Pfizer, which has caused issues and even been linked to deaths in the US (I’m sure the vaccine didn’t cause this by the way).
Just heard a story from my brother-in-law that friends they know in Italy have reported large queues for vaccines only to be told that there are not enough doses in some cases. My gut feeling is that this report of possible issues has given health authorities a convenient excuse for some breathing space.
Still, I’m a cynical bugger.
I think AZ are due to vastly underperform against the contract they have with the EU, above and beyond what was discussed/argued about earlier in the year.....talk of Van de Leyden and others being called to task over the contracts etc........if I was a betting man I would think this is a move (suspending the jab) by EU to save face. It also rather cleverly put AZ under scrutiny.
NahRussian algorithms/bots denigrating the AZ vaccine.....?!
If this turns out to be another slur without substance then I would make that 100% and give them to grateful third world nations who want this drug rather than say no as their people die.That sounds about right. Reports here are that AZ have cut their vaccine deliveries to Europe by 73%.
I read somewhere over the weekend that there was talk about Van de Leyden losing her job over the AZ contract fiasco.....That sounds about right. Reports here are that AZ have cut their vaccine deliveries to Europe by 73%.
My youngest lad is a trained, self-employed barber in Albert Square and the NQ. He'd LOVE to give cuts today, like they can in Wales right now. Almost becoming as critical to me as the pubs re-opening !...at least 2021 is starting to grow into something just as weird as 2020.
Crazy. Was once going to give up drinking for good (not that I drink much these days anyway) but I feel alcohol will normalise this strange landscape - bring on the openings.
More importantly....open the bleeding hairdressers. I'm having to wear hats in zoom calls now. I look like a post meltdown Syd Barrett ffs.
Suspect that there is a degree of politics in this matter, with EU countries covering their backs because there is a dearth of vaccine, particularly coming from AZ. Better, instead, to have a moratorium that you can then use to explain why, over the next fortnight, quite so few are being vaccinated. Countries are saying they won't resume using it until the end of the month, irrespective of EMA approval, by which time I would imagine more supplies will serendipitously arrive from Pfizer.