Thread by @VanessaBeeley

1. UK Govt may take unprecedented step of using unlicensed vaccines to combat #Covid19

"From January 2021, the UK’s licensing authority will have new powers to license all medicines, including vaccines."

@ClarkeMicah @MichaelYeadon3 @JamesDelingpole @2ndNewMoon

2. "However, if there is a compelling case, on public health grounds, for using a vaccine before it is given a product licence, given the nature of the threat we face, the JCVI may take the very unusual step of advising the UK government to use a tested, unlicensed vaccine..."

3. "...against COVID-19, and we need to make sure that the right legislative measures are in place to deal with that scenario. A temporary authorisation of the supply of an unlicensed vaccine could be given [..] under regulation 174 of the Human Medicines Regulations"

4. "the proposed changes will also facilitate the efficient mass distribution of treatments for COVID-19, or for any other disease that poses a serious risk to public health."

gov.uk/government/con…

5. "Make short-term provisions for wholesale dealing of COVID-19 and flu vaccines, and treatments for pandemic diseases, in the case that the vaccine/treatment needs to be moved under NHS or armed services’..."

6. "..licensing authority to permit a temporary authorisation for supply of an unlicensed medicinal product for use in response to certain specific types of public health threat – suspected or confirmed spread of pathogenic agents, toxins, chemical agents or nuclear radiation."

7. Manufacturer indemnity assured:

gov.uk/government/con…