EU criticises 'hasty' UK approval of Covid-19 vaccine

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 1:07 PM UTC

swores wrote: post #20

basicneo wrote: post #10

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Some cultural notes: the UK is in a culture war, and some will shine the most negative light on anything the opposing side do. Taking a more charitable approach... is it possible those suggesting Brexit has allowed a quicker rollout aren't referring to regulations? Perhaps the early rollout is facilitated by UK doing their own deals with vaccine manufacturers, rather than as as a package deal with EU (and thus having…

No that's not it. UK is getting this vaccine first because MHRA approved it before EMA did (and any EU country is allowed to use this shortcut that MHRA is so far the only one to have used), not because we have a deal to get it first.

Post by yew » Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 5:37 PM UTC

somewhereoutth wrote: post #16

basicneo wrote: post #10

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Some cultural notes: the UK is in a culture war, and some will shine the most negative light on anything the opposing side do. Taking a more charitable approach... is it possible those suggesting Brexit has allowed a quicker rollout aren't referring to regulations? Perhaps the early rollout is facilitated by UK doing their own deals with vaccine manufacturers, rather than as as a package deal with EU (and thus having…

It's not a culture war. It is the war against barbarity, against fear, against xenophobia, against aggression, against ignorance. The same war as it always was. Choose.