Yes, somehow we seem to have vaccinated around 10 times more than the world average at this stage (% basis) which is impressive. Most of Europe is below the world average. A brexit positive at last!! We were told that leaving the EU would put us in a worse position and wouldn’t have access to enough vaccine... I believe we’ve got 360 million doses available to us this year...
The rollout seems to be going pretty well. If they genuinely can get al the over 50s done by the end of March then they deserve recognition for that - I thought it’d be Q3 before they got that stage. Sure, it’s not got a lot do with Boris, other than his governments approach of winging it, sorry, adapting dynamically to a changing situation and ordering as much as it could of what it could as soon as it could seems to have paid off. All while the EU was trying to get agreement from its members on how much of what to order. And still people complain we are paying more than some other countries. Surely cost is not really the issue...yes, a few Eurocents saving on 360 million doses is a few million pounds, and maybe tens of millions, but really, is that worth complaining about? The Germans I see broke rank with the EU and ordered what they wanted anyway...
It’s a little unfair to not give credit for the things that have worked while lambasting them for what hasn’t, but it was ever thus. Good news doesn’t make headlines :)
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