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25 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
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German newspaper Handelsblatt has a story that - according to German government sources (note: it does NOT quote scientists directly!) - that the AZ vaccine has only 8% effectiveness for over 65s
Please be aware that there have been tensions between Health Minister Spahn and the junior coalition partners, the SPD, about the vaccine strategy - and this could be a hatchet job... but Handelsblatt is normally reliable on something like this and is reputable.
The full story is here:
handelsblatt.com/politik/deutsc…
This is shaping up to be a massive week for the AZ vaccine...

Link via @led0682

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UPDATE: AZ pushing back hard... They do not state a number in response, but that is to be expected.

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26 Jan
Handelsblatt has a further story about AstraZeneca up where they *stick to the line* from yesterday evening that caused all the fuss. There is some more detail in this one: handelsblatt.com/politik/deutsc…
Please, as before, treat this with care.

And also please don't just go "they used the number from some other part of the report" - it is possible the numbers are still wrong, but this piece now explains where the numbers are from.
And when EMA approves (or partially approves, or does not approve) the AZ vaccine on Friday we are going to know more.
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25 Jan
Questions on 🇪🇺 and its Member States COVID 💉 strategy that need clear answers:

1️⃣ Why is the approval timetable from EMA more sluggish that elsewhere?

2️⃣ What’s the 🛑 with vaccine rollout? Lack of 💉 quick enough? No 🧊 chain? Or lack of vaccine centres & staff?
On approvals: there might be good reason. A faster approval doesn’t mean a better approval. But given the urgency the comms need to be clear and transparent.
On rollout: working out where the blocks are helps find ways to overcome them. If earlier decisions mean problems now, honestly communicating what happened and why helps.
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Jon Worth Profile picture
22 Jan
The depth of the dysfunction of the 🇬🇧 politics laid bare by today's FT piece leaves me struggling for words, grasping for how to explain what is happening... but here's a blog post about what's on my mind

jonworth.eu/uk-politics-al…
This draws on Colin Crouch / Post-Democracy, some of @PeterKGeoghegan democracy being bought, @rafaelbehr on totalitarianism or not, and @davies_will on how the British population seems incapable of engaging with politics
It's as if the country does not know the country it is living in, as if human reality and government decision are divorced from each other. Where what is true is so hard to discern it's lost among hubris
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22 Jan
Motivated by the revolutionary zeal of Frost documented in the FT's long read today, and by @APHClarkson likening the UK government's communications to something akin to the dying years of the Soviet Union... this had to be done! #Brexit #Sovereignty
Here's the FT piece by @pmdfoster and others
ft.com/content/cc6b0d…
Translations of the slogans:

Onward, to sovereignty!
Вперед, к Cуверенитету!

Take Back Control
Восстановите контроль!
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Jon Worth Profile picture
22 Jan
For reasons that will become clear on Twitter later this afternoon, I need the following phrases in Russian - could any of my followers correct these translations please?

Forward to sovereignty!
Вперед к суверенитету!

Let them eat langoustine!
Пусть едят лангустин!
Trust the star chamber!
Доверься звездной палате!

Down with just-in-time supply chains!
Долой своевременные цепочки поставок!
Take back control!
Верните контроль!

Nationalise Prosecco production!
Национализируйте производство Просекко!
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20 Jan
As well as it being a story about 🛤 (and I often write about 🚅), the will-Eurostar-go-bankrupt discussion is one about access, privilege, public service and competition, and even how 🇬🇧 sees itself

Beware, this is a bit of a ranty 🧵
First of all, 🇬🇧 has just one genuine high speed rail service: Eurostar

It has one high-ish speed commuter service that uses the same tracks: Southeastern Javelin

That by definition makes 🇬🇧 rather different to 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 etc. where there are domestic high speed services
Then to Eurostar itself...

The service *was* a cooperation between the state railways of 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇬🇧, and when 🇬🇧 rail was privatised, the 40% 🇬🇧 share was owned by the British state until they sold it in 2015
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurostar_…
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