EU to restrict vaccines to UK?

Also voted remain but will happily accept democratic decision unlike some on here.
So accepting the democratic decision also means you have to accept any old bollux and the blatant lies people post about the EU? And ignore the fact that U.K. businesses are now mired in red tape? And that jobs will be lost as a result?

Some people have a very strange idea of democracy.

The result of the referendum didn’t take away the right of free speech.
 
We have never had any real influence with the eu including being in the eu. The eu is a corrupt vile toilet and the sooner it is destroyed the better- it is dying at this moment.
 
Have the EU passed the Astrazeneca jab now? They had not last week, and the fact that the UK have done a far better job on sourcing supply may well upset them but it is a legal contract between 2 parties unconnected to EU, so under any legal system they cannot delay shipments without consequences
👍and see my earlier post, this is a contract between 2 parties the Supplier (AZ) and the Customer (some third party acting on behalf of the EU).
 
Mexboroseasider- You grow up. Do you really think i am the only one unhappy with the eu-they are falling to pieces.
 
So accepting the democratic decision also means you have to accept any old bollux and the blatant lies people post about the EU? And ignore the fact that U.K. businesses are now mired in red tape? And that jobs will be lost as a result?

Some people have a very strange idea of democracy.

The result of the referendum didn’t take away the right of free speech.
Unfortunately a lot of the Bollux and blatant lies comes from those who cannot accept what has happened and are incapable of moving forward
 
The EU is in a bit of a mess Macron persuaded them to order a French vaccine and it won t be available until October whereas our government ordered from 7 different manufacturers that is why our roll out is going ahead so smoothly.Our main supplier will be the Oxford Astra Zeneca one which is being manufactured in the UK and under licence in India The E.U. has failed its citizens yet again!
 
The EU is in a bit of a mess Macron persuaded them to order a French vaccine and it won t be available until October whereas our government ordered from 7 different manufacturers that is why our roll out is going ahead so smoothly.Our main supplier will be the Oxford Astra Zeneca one which is being manufactured in the UK and under licence in India The E.U. has failed its citizens yet again!
It's not being manufactured in the UK yet. Maybe by the end of the year. Also, the EU have multiple vaccines ordered so your knowledge is wrong on that too.

One other point, the French vaccine was to be manufactured by a British company so the delay is equally negative for both the EU and UK.
 
I’d suggest you sit down and have a nice cup of tea. At the moment you are in the middle of an amygdala hijacking and aren’t thinking straight.
Ok I've had my shower and am now having my breakfast, had my cup of tea first thing and will shortly be having a cup of coffee. I can also assure you that there is nothing wrong with my brain. All that aside, I would add to this debate, or is it debacle, the fact the UK is now about to share it's findings from Porton Down, with the wider world, on the COVID virus, it's mutations and possibilities. Oh yes this will include the EU. I look at things with an open mind, agree that our government have made a lot of mistakes, but haven't other governments done so? It would do some on here good to remove their blinkers and see the bigger picture.
 
Not like the EU holding us to ransom over Brexit is it? 🙄
😂 Paranoid or what? They aren’t holding us to ransom at all.

Any restrictions that are imposed (and at the moment none have been; the EU are just calling for transparency) will apply to all third party countries, not just the U.K. So how would Brexit be relevant to, say, restrictions imposed on the US?

And people on here accuse youngsters of being snowflakes and continually playing the victim card.
 
From the last para it sounds like you ticked the wrong box.

Would the UK have had more influence on the AZ approval from within the EU (which doesn't mean 'lead them by the nose')? Yes or No

If the EU wins the debate they will have with itself, will the supply to the UK of AZ decrease? Yes or no.

If there is limited supply is it fair that someone who voted leave take the last vaccine ahead of someone who wanted to remain? Clue, one helped create the problem, the other didn't.
Do I think us being in the EU would have speeded up the vaccine approval process? No

If key nation states like Germany (at the forefront of Pfizer vaccine development) can’t influence that situation, then we certainly couldn’t.

The U.K. has benefited massively from our post Brexit status on this particular issue. No point blindly pretending otherwise really.
 
The EU is in a bit of a mess Macron persuaded them to order a French vaccine and it won t be available until October whereas our government ordered from 7 different manufacturers that is why our roll out is going ahead so smoothly.Our main supplier will be the Oxford Astra Zeneca one which is being manufactured in the UK and under licence in India The E.U. has failed its citizens yet again!
From the BBC report in the last few minutes, it looks like the AZ_Oxford vaccine will continue to be rolled out in the UK and although the EU hasn't even approved it yet it is threatening AZ with legal action for not supplying the full amount ordered. And, bizarrely, threatening to block the Pfizer supplies to the UK.

As BFCx3 correctly says, "the U.K. has benefited massively from our post Brexit status on this particular issue. No point blindly pretending otherwise"
 
😂 Paranoid or what? They aren’t holding us to ransom at all.

Any restrictions that are imposed (and at the moment none have been; the EU are just calling for transparency) will apply to all third party countries, not just the U.K. So how would Brexit be relevant to, say, restrictions imposed on the US?

And people on here accuse youngsters of being snowflakes and continually playing the victim card.
You need to look at the total numbers of vaccinated people in the UK against the total number of people vaccinated in EU countries,10/20 times more done here.
Do you seriously think we would have vaccinated over 6 million people had we still been part of the EU?
No me neither.
 
You need to look at the total numbers of vaccinated people in the UK against the total number of people vaccinated in EU countries.
Do you seriously think we would have vaccinated over 6 million people had we still been part of the EU?
No me neither.
Possibly not (although it was always perfectly do proceed independently even as a member of the EU).

But what is the relevance of your post to what I posted?
 
Just a point about the 15th February target of vaccinating 15m. We’ve so for done 6.5m which leaves 8.5, or around 425k per day. This morning AZ apparently confirmed it will be providing 2m per week, so if the Eu stops the Pfizer vaccine coming in, where is the other 1m going to come from?
 
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Possibly not (although it was always perfectly do proceed independently even as a member of the EU).

But what is the relevance of your post to what I posted?
I thought the relevance was quite clear the EU are clearly making a statement of giving priority to there own citizens over exporting the vaccine to us, nothing wrong with that I have to add you look after your own people first but it’s because we’ve already vaccinated so many they are now making us pay the price in slowing the conveyor belt down.
 
Just a point about the 15th February target of vaccinating 15m. We’ve so for done 6.5m which leaves 8.5, or around 425k per day. This morning AZ apparently confirmed it will be providing 2m per week, so if the Eu stops the Pfizer vaccine coming in, where is the other 1m going to come from?
The 1m comes from existing stocks. Another factor is people refusing to have the vaccine. So far there is an excellent take-up, but wait until the younger generations start to be offered it.
 
the EU are clearly making a statement of giving priority to there own citizens over exporting the vaccine to us, nothing wrong with that I have to add you look after your own people first
I'm glad that somebody has acknowledged this ; their first duty is to look after the safety of the people they serve.

And I have to disagree with WIlf's characterisation of "unelected officials". Officials aren't elected in the UK either ; politicians are. And European politicians have to face the ballot box domestically and in European elections in exactly the same was as ours do (or did). It's ironic that so many people get so exercised about the perceived lack of democracy in the EU ; but not to the extent that they actually turned out to vote on these issues when they had the chance.

I'm not sure I'd want to elect officials in any case. It's a widespread practice in the USA..... and look what a mess they are in.
 
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I thought the relevance was quite clear the EU are clearly making a statement of giving priority to there own citizens over exporting the vaccine to us, nothing wrong with that I have to add you look after your own people first but it’s because we’ve already vaccinated so many they are now making us pay the price in slowing the conveyor belt down.
Agree... The EU is obviously trying to look after its own people..... But of all the countries the UK is the last country that it needs to be making them look cumbersome and snail slow in vaccinating.
 
The 1m comes from existing stocks. Another factor is people refusing to have the vaccine. So far there is an excellent take-up, but wait until the younger generations start to be offered it.
And it seems, currently, the bame community for some reason.
 
Do I think us being in the EU would have speeded up the vaccine approval process? No

If key nation states like Germany (at the forefront of Pfizer vaccine development) can’t influence that situation, then we certainly couldn’t.

The U.K. has benefited massively from our post Brexit status on this particular issue. No point blindly pretending otherwise really.
Not bothered about post brexit stuff in this. I'm putting out a moral question as to whether a leaver should accept this vaccine which could be in short supply as a result of brexit ahead of a leave voter, who had they got their way (I accept they didn't) would have equal access with the EU as a whole.

If it gets that far of course, which I doubt tbh.
 
The O/P sounding like it's finally dawned how there are benefits to be had from being in the EU. Shame it's 5 years too late.

The Oxford / AZ vaccine is also being produced in the EU. The UK may be able to produce it here by the end of the year but right now it's dependent on the EU.
The bulk of our Oxford /Astra Zeneca vaccine is being produced in the UK right now.. . Fact... This is why we don't have to rely on importing it... Its already here.
 
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Not bothered about post brexit stuff in this. I'm putting out a moral question as to whether a leaver should accept this vaccine which could be in short supply as a result of brexit ahead of a leave voter, who had they got their way (I accept they didn't) would have equal access with the EU as a whole.

If it gets that far of course, which I doubt tbh.
And I’m putting the moral question as to whether remain voters should allow leave voters to have first dibs, bearing in mind that their choice would have resulted in us being massively behind where we are right now.

You can’t have it both ways I’m afraid!!
 
And I’m putting the moral question as to whether remain voters should allow leave voters to have first dibs, bearing in mind that their choice would have resulted in us being massively behind where we are right now.

You can’t have it both ways I’m afraid!!
Oh, go on, let him have his cake and eat it.
 
And I’m putting the moral question as to whether remain voters should allow leave voters to have first dibs, bearing in mind that their choice would have resulted in us being massively behind where we are right now.

You can’t have it both ways I’m afraid!!
Massively behind? I think you are in if, maybe's and but, land 😉

No first dibs. Supplies run normal, no problem. Only IF supplies are short from Europe does the question arise.
 
Massively behind? I think you are in if, maybe's and but, land 😉

No first dibs. Supplies run normal, no problem. Only IF supplies are short from Europe does the question arise.
And IF supplies run short from the EU then that will be as a result of short sighted EU policy decisions and delays. The U.K. would have therefore suffered far worse consequences as a result of throwing our hat into their ring.
 
Or maybe those of us that voted to stay would wait another 6 months to be vaccinated, like our EU neighbours.?
Lol.
Sorry sir it seems our records show you voted remain and it appears the delivery lorry is stuck in Rotterdam due to a drivers ham sandwich.
I’d give you the AZ vaccine but the little Englanders have to come first as it’s an Oxford / UK first thing.
 
Lol.
Sorry sir it seems our records show you voted remain and it appears the delivery lorry is stuck in Rotterdam due to a drivers ham sandwich.
I’d give you the AZ vaccine but the little Englanders have to come first as it’s an Oxford / UK first thing.
Errr I'm Scottish... Never never a little Englander.. Never ever...
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Oh stop flapping, Scara. ‘A consequence of Brexit’ doesn’t imply anything more than that

one sentence in the Daily Telegraph’s leader also caught my eye

‘’Stella Kyriakides, the EU health commissioner .... also demanded AZ produce a list of how many doses it had provided to each country, information that both the company and Downing Street have been trying to keep under wraps’

I have no idea if that last bit is true or not but, if it is true, it does beg the question, why?
No, look a bit deeper and you will see the problem has been with the Eu. Now they are just being spiteful.
 
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Yes. And that’s the other thing that doesn’t make sense.

Doesn’t stop the usual dog whistle attacks on the EU though does it?
Because had this been the other way round the attack dogs would be out in force, you included. Don’t be so sensitive mex.
 
There has been misdirection from some covidiots that the jab isnt halal, to the extent that they've got together famous British Asians to made a reassuring video.

There are rumours circulating that it affects your DNA as well. Hopefully just the 50% or so that we share with bananas. **

** you'll find it in the dictionary, suspiciously close to "Brexiteers". 😎
 
There are rumours circulating that it affects your DNA as well. Hopefully just the 50% or so that we share with bananas. **

** you'll find it in the dictionary, suspiciously close to "Brexiteers". 😎
Open season for old criminals then. Theyll not be found on the DNA database😂
 
What utter tripe this thread is. Some of the prejudices shown against anyone "forrin" are so engrained it's contemptible.
We can vaccinate all of the UK but unless the world is done we will be vulnerable to mutations. It's not in the brexiteer mentality to see it that way, they want to close shop, unless they are trotting off to Benidorm to sneer at some Spaniards.
 
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What utter tripe this thread is. Some of the prejudices shown against anyone "forrin" are so engrained it's contemptible.
We can vaccinate all of the UK but unless the world is done we will be vulnerable to mutations. It's not in the brexiteer mentality to see it that way, they want to close shop, unless they are trotting off to Benidorm to sneer at some Spaniards.

Oh dear, you have some deep rooted mental problems. Go and get some therapy before it's too late.
 
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The AZ chief Pascal Soriot gave an interesting interview today to Italy's La Repubblica.

"Mr Soriot said the EU had been "treated fairly," adding that Britain had a three-month “headstart” after agreeing a deal for 100 million doses in May, three months before the EU.

He revealed that British plants had among the best yield in the world after spending months perfecting the process, while EU factories had been left with the “lowest productivity in the network”.

Mr Soriot also signalled that doses manufactured in the UK would not be diverted to the Continent after EU leaders reportedly asked whether British vaccines could help make up the shortfall.

“The contract with the UK was signed first and the UK, of course, said ‘you supply us first’, and this is fair enough,” Mr Soriot told La Repubblica. “As soon as we can, we'll help the EU.”


He also says that the EU contract is made on a 'best efforts' basis so any threats of legal action will be unlikely to succeed.

It's not been a good day for the Commission, roundly condemned around the world for 'vaccine nationalism' with one Irish MEP calling the row 'unseemly' and urging the EU to 'de-escalate'.

Keep an eye out in the next few days for the EMA authorisation of the AZ vaccine and whether it's the only agency to restrict it to particular age groups. The last thing Europeans need is a health organisation that appears to bend to the will of politicians.
 
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