Quick note here: The EU contract was signed after the U.K. contract, so AZ should have mentioned that priority clause. Instead they said there were under no obligation possibly hindering their best effort to supply the EU.
A lot of sh**show could have been avoided.
The EU reaction was bad, and AZ has a right to set priorities.
But this wasn’t taken into account in EU vaccination plans because the opposite is stated in the contract.
Again a lot of sh**show could have been avoided.
Of course the EU wonders if the money it gave AZ is being used to supply the U.K. first.
The U.K. contract was not published and anyway the payment schedule would be redacted.
But EU’s main problem is it based its vaccination plan on inaccurate, misleading information.
Again it doesn’t mean the EU reacted appropriately
It needs to stop panicking (@vonderleyen?), &?while exploring other options like Johnson&Johnson vaccine (as good as AZ but one jab) focus on boosting/building/borrowing vaccine fabrication capacity &open it to reliable providers

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More from @StillDelvingH

1 Feb
So while this is still being stirred up
-AZ committed to start the delivery of vaccines a week earlier, with 9m more doses (40m as a whole) and extend its EU production capacity
-Johnson&Johnson (quite similar to AZ, but only 1 jab) vaccine will be there around April
As shown by this sh**show, production capacity is crucial and will now be dealt with better, we might hope
It’s the new plan anyway
Turns out vaccinating the planet is a bit of a pickle, &we ”could” need a global pandemic plan -like if we have to do this all over again next year
ITM wear a mask if not two and observe social distancing
Consider that vaccine full protection isn’t there before the second injection, and that afterwards, even if you are protected from a serious disease, there’s not enough evidence to assert you can’t be infected/infectious.
Read 5 tweets
25 Jan
FTR: France has this weird idea that people should get two doses as prescribed by the manufacturer -considering a lengthened delay of 6 weeks between the 2 shots.
Which limits the number of vaccinations, as you can’t get a shot if there’s no guaranteed capacity for the 2nd shot.
Now I’m not going to praise France vaccination program as the most efficient -it isn’t.
It’s honest tho.
Half-vaccinated isn’t fully vaccinated, and it doesn’t s**k to plan for the 2nd dose to be taken into account.
covidtracker.fr/vaccintracker/
Aside from that I’m superfine with countries doing good at vaccinating people because ultimately we all need to be protected.
I consider it more a matter for joint, collective effort than competition is all.
Read 4 tweets
23 Jan
This whole ”let’s get rid of opposition we don’t want to become Belarus” op is going well
*Really* well
Could be that too many successful disinformation/influence ops worldwide made the tsar a little too confident in his ”unchallengeable power”
Note that the Kremlin repression has now escalated to: ”We will shamelessly come for your children”
Read 7 tweets
23 Jan
The police of the powerful Kremlin bravely addressing a terrifying threat -a kid
In other news, to avoid the situation mirroring Belarus’, Navalny’s wife has been preemptively arrested.
The Kremlin’s plan seems to be to put all opposition figures in jail -together with a lot of random protesters- and hope despair and the feeling of helplessness will prevail
Read 6 tweets
21 Jan
Govt: ”We are working closely with British meat processors to ensure they can take advantage of the opportunities and changes being outside the SM&CU will bring, and overall businesses are adjusting well to the new rules and continue to trade effectively."
bbc.com/news/business-…
Questions:
1/ What opportunities? Any example of any business that took advantage of the current situation?
2/ Any example of the overall businesses adjusting well and continuing to trade effectively?
Asking because I checked the Sun Mail Express etc cover & it wasn’t on it.
Any chance the ”More business for Russia” has been delivered yet?
Read 4 tweets
20 Jan
Day 17 post first Covid symptoms for my 8-years-old and 5-years-old.
They still have fever.
Quarantine has to continue until they have no fever for 2 days.
Starting to wonder if we’ll get to step outside before February.
The kids are currently Skyping with their friends -isolation is one thing, but it’s made harder on them by the fact they are the only ones. Around us life continues. My 5-year-old missed his class birthday. I didn’t tell him -I assume he’ll be added to next month birthdays.
That is if he can get back to school -as I’ve just learned both his teachers got Covid.
Hopefully the mask policy (and other safety measures) will prevent an outbreak that would close the school the very day my kids can go back :-(
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