So The Eu Want Our Vaccine Supply

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  1. Peter B

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    Interesting to note Astra Zenica were funded to a great extent by the UK.
    The UK wrote into the contract that once their order had been completed by the factories in the UK then production could be used to supply anyone else. AZ have always offered the vaccine at cost.
    Pfizer and the rest offer their product while making a profit.
    The EU politicians, the unelected appointees, don't seem to have any understanding of how the product is produced, or that all processes suffer teething problems when starting production, or ramping up production.
    It's very telling that they require vaccines to be produced in the EU, but "for the purposes of this contract" included the UK as part of the EU.
     
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  2. Rooster

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    This made my day

    A French vaccine financed by Britain is at the centre of a row over the Macron government’s failure to ensure supplies for its people.

    The French government refused to fully fund research by Valneva, a Franco-Austrian startup that has developed its vaccine at its headquarters near Nantes in the Loire region.

    Instead, the British backed the development, securing an agreement to supply 60 million doses from a plant in Livingston, West Lothian, starting in October. France won’t get the vaccine until next year.

    Franck Grimaud, the company’s chief executive, said that several governments had been contacted at the launch of the project. “The UK responded the fastest,” he said.
     
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    Hubaxe Good moaning! aka Mr Wordsalad :)

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    Moderna trusted by USA, now Valvena trusted by UK.
    French are brilliant searchers, but chilly decision maker.
    The result is a very low vaccination rate.

    All that fiasco can have only one positive point. A better overview of available vaccines and the pro/cons of each.
    I'm still considering the RNA far superior and efficient, and faster to adapt to variants, but with a difficult logistic.
     
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    TEZ 217 Crème de la Crème

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    Home rule for Scotland... Directly from Brussels How clever is that..
     
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