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The same. Why?If we were still in the EU how many people do you think would have been vaccinated against covid in the UK? How many more would have died?
The same. Why?If we were still in the EU how many people do you think would have been vaccinated against covid in the UK? How many more would have died?
Who knows, less may have died. And before anyone says that's a ridiculous assumption, it is no more or less ridiculous than someone saying our vaccine response, or PPE provision, or lock-downs would have been any different in or out of the EU. Nobody knows!The same. Why?
I note the water cannons were out in Belfast last night.
First time they have been used since?
2015- because it`s all about Brexit isn`t it?
Footnote:
If we were within the EU we would have been obliged to wait for the EMA to approve the vaccine`s rather than rolling out on the say so of the MHRA.
As we had removed that additional level of oversight we didn`t have to wait and could grant an emergency licence for use within the UK.
We gained between 4 - 10 weeks on the EU before you get into the contract discussions.
When you are vaccinating roughly 350k a day that is a huge advantage.
Further footnote:
As predicted the daily vaccine total has slowed in the last week, but by Monday we should reach "herd immunity" with a combination of vaccine, recovered from and natural immunity.
I note the water cannons were out in Belfast last night.
First time they have been used since?
2015- because it`s all about Brexit isn`t it?
Footnote:
If we were within the EU we would have been obliged to wait for the EMA to approve the vaccine`s rather than rolling out on the say so of the MHRA.
As we had removed that additional level of oversight we didn`t have to wait and could grant an emergency licence for use within the UK.
We gained between 4 - 10 weeks on the EU before you get into the contract discussions.
When you are vaccinating roughly 350k a day that is a huge advantage.
Further footnote:
As predicted the daily vaccine total has slowed in the last week, but by Monday we should reach "herd immunity" with a combination of vaccine, recovered from and natural immunity.
Actually no, we wouldn't have been obliged to wait for vaccine approval by the EMA at all. We could have proceeded under existing EU law without the EMA as confirmed by MHRA with approval for use through an emergency procedure for a country to use it in their own domestic market (as Hungary did for a Russian vaccine).
You are on a par with Jacob Rees-Mogg with this one:
Did Brexit speed up the UK's vaccine approval? - BBC News
There have been claims that Brexit allowed the UK to approve a vaccine quicker than the EU, but is that correct?www.bbc.co.uk
It was an emergency approval through the MHRA anyway, so either way it is semantics.
I`m sure the EU would have found a way to take retribution had we been "in".
Then there are the contractual "issues".
Best Regards
Jacob.
Project FearI`m sure the EU would have found a way to take retribution had we been "in".
Beat me to it!Project Fear
Is this meant to be a good news Brexit story?If it`s random posts vaguely related to Brexit then "Have at you good sir".....
From a trading perspective, brexit has not been good for the EU or UK.Is this meant to be a good news Brexit story?
'a feeling that aspects of the new arrangements may not be as bad as feared.'
'Renewables service companies like Dulas do not have fresh produce or perishable goods to worry about'
'There are still some real worries however about the Irish border'
'However, the significance of the new arrangements has had some consequences, one of which was that Dulas re-registered an Irish legal business entity to help smooth out any problems'
Is there any evidence that Spain is being any harder on UK immigrates that it is on any other third county immigrates?I am really not sure that Spain are right in being so hard on UK expats when their economy is in such a precarious state?
But not the 'sunlit uplands' 'no down sides, only considerable upsides' it was sold as.Having said that it appears to be less worse than a lot of people predicted