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by karimtr 2002 days ago
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has unfortunately been heavily politicized in the UK. The reporting around it has always sounded a bit nationalistic.

For the past few months, the government has been using every opportunity to justify Brexit. The vaccine approval process being one of those.
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DrBazza 2002 days ago
I disagree. I don't think it's been "heavily" politicized, or even moderately, though I'm happy for you to point me to a clip or link of the Government taking claim for it?

> The reporting around it has always sounded a bit nationalistic.

The press have certainly reported that it's British developed, and why not? I'd say they equally reported that the Moderna vaccine was developed by Turkish Germans/German Turks.

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tao_oat 2002 days ago
Just jumping in here to share one example: one unit inside No.10 tried to get the union jack printed on this vaccine (but appears to have been unsuccessful): https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/oxford-university-ast...
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DrBazza 2002 days ago
I was not aware of this. I've tended to avoid the press other than the BBC due to the overwhelming and relentless negativity of the last 9 months.
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DanBC 2002 days ago
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-brexit-did...

Matt Hancock, secretary of state for department of health and social care: "It is absolutely clear that because we’ve left the EU I was able to change the law so that the UK alone could make this authorisation decision. So because we’ve left the EU, we’ve been able to move faster."

See also Jacob monumental fucking bellend Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries who made similar claims.

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TMWNN 2002 days ago
That you don't like someone's politics does not make what they say inherently false.

If Rees-Mogg, Dorries, and Hancock are wrong, then demonstrate it.

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jackweirdy 2002 days ago
> And its chief executive, Dr June Raine, said on Wednesday that "we have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law, which exist until 1 January".

The full summary is below. But the short answer is the regulators who did the work are saying it makes no difference

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/55163730

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