The setback for AstraZeneca vaccine today need to be set in context. By being easily-stored (and made here) UK has protected more people than any comparably-sized country... 
The AZ success is reflected not just in trials but antibody studies. Vaccine success has helped 55% of population acquire Covid antibodies: a figure that rises all the time...
This has helped push Covid cases for the over-60s down markedly faster than those of other age groups...
...Daily Covid cases now 94% below peak...
...UK now has lowest Covid deaths in Europe....
... Covid deaths in UK falling faster even than in fully-vaccinated Israel.
All of these charts are updated daily on The Spectator's data hub: data.spectator.co.uk
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