Thread by @GuyOpperman

OXFORD VACCINE – A THREAD👇

1/ The @MHRAgovuk have been conducting a rolling review of trial data since July.

This has allowed regulators to be agile and assess the vaccine’s safety and efficacy on a rolling basis.

2/ The chimpanzee adenoviral vector was used in the development of MERS and SARS vaccines.

Clinical trials had already proved safety and a strong immune response before COVID-19 existed 👇

bioworld.com/articles/43449…

3/ Thanks to the brilliant ingenuity of the @JennerInstitute
+ the whole team at @UniofOxford/@AstraZeneca
we have another vaccine that is safe and effective.

https://twitter.com/BBCFergusWalsh/status/1344230838448349184

4/ Prof Pollard from @OxfordVacGroup explains how
it works 👇

https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk/status/134419904244466483

5/ @DrEricDing from the Federation of American Scientists applauded the transparency of the @UniofOxford/@AstraZeneca group’s research.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1336720851165728770?s=21

6/ This really is an injection of hope for humanity across the globe.

The jab doesn’t require -70C freezing and is 8-10x cheaper.

7/ The @UniOfOxford / @AstraZeneca vaccine will be sold at cost to the NHS – costing less than a cup of coffee per dose.

This by @jeremycorbyn is dangerous and wrong. Free markets and capitalism are playing their part in getting us out of this crisis.

https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1341720743873310720?s=21

8/ Thank you again to @MattHancock, @nadhimzahawi and your dedicated team @DHSC for all the tireless work in planning to get jabs in people’s arms.

9/ Life is for more than existing.

Vaccines mean we can unlock our country.

We can get back to doing the things that have been robbed from us- simple things like giving our loved ones a simple hug.

And rebooting our economy with a fresh start.