Coronavirus (2021) thread

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If the EU had been willing to throw as much EU cash and resources as possible at vaccines, in a time critical way, like the UK has, then they wouldn't be in the mess they currently are.
The EU can never be wrong though, so they will find a scapegoat to excuse their incompetence.
Approving the Oxford/AstraZenica vaccine in timely fashion would also have helped their cause - especially as Astrazenica are selling it at cost price.
 
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Remember in the autumn when the EU were crowing about the cost of vaccines to them?
Paying peanuts for something in a contract generally has implications in terms of manufacturing costs and snag resolution leading to delays.
 
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Vallance claimed that the UK infection rate was not falling as fast as the testing data but the evidence he cited sounded like an old ONS survey
 
Vaccinating NHS staff is starting to have an effect on the number of in-patients catching Covid-19.
www.telegraph.co.uk

Cases of Covid caught in hospital halve as hopes rise that vaccines cutting transmission

NHS data shows number of cases has fallen from high of 635 a day at start of this month to 367 last week
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk
(Only the headline available to the general public.)

NHS infection control has been a shambles since the days of Matron controling things with SENs came to an end and it's pretty clear it still is.
 
Marvin said:
Vallance claimed that the UK infection rate was not falling as fast as the testing data but the evidence he cited sounded like an old ONS survey
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There’s also evidence from Public Health England that the main testing regime didn’t pick up the majority of cases amongst people who couldn’t work from home, in a heavily infected part of London.

Anyway, it’s good news that the cases are reducing and hopefully that’s at the rate in the daily Government figures.
 
The Government are delaying naming a Chief Executive for their National Institute of Health Protection. They’ve (unofficially) offered the job to Dido Harding but won’t confirm that given the disastrous job she’s done on track and trace. Maybe, the jingoistic cover of the fall out with the EU will give Hancock and co the political cover they feel they need to make such an appointment and sack Simon Stevens.
 
Simon Stevens is retiring this year.

Probably with a place in the Lords if Vaccine roll out goes well
 
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