[Info-vax] [Totally OT] Covid-19 vaccine situation

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-03-31, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
> In article <icjfkjFlqj2U1 at mid.individual.net>, Andy Burns
><usenet at andyburns.uk> writes: 
>
>> Simon Clubley wrote:
>> 
>> > I had my first AZ dose a couple of weeks ago and was very happy
>> > to have it at the time because the benefits dramatically outweigh the
>> > risks.
>> 
>> At the time that I was driving to the vaccination centre the first news 
>> of the EU countries halting the AZ vaccine was on the radio, did I even 
>> think twice about continuing?  No.
>> 
>> I think they're taking the precautionary principle too far on this, 
>> disregarding the harm that halting will cause, sounds like Netherlands 
>> has halted due to Germany halting, not due to any actual cases in the 
>> Netherlands.
>
> But is anyone not being vaccinated who otherwise would be?  But even if 
> that were the case, the PR problems from playing this down would be far 
> worse than overreacting.
>

That over-reaction has seriously harmed vaccine confidence in parts of
Europe.

The EU has vaccine supply problems that are so serious they are willing
to do long-term structural damage to the EU's reputation by seizing vaccines
which have been made within factories within the EU and which are destined
for other countries.

Anyone in that position cannot simply stop using a very low-risk vaccine
without damaging their vaccination program even more.

So yes, people are not being vaccinated who otherwise would be, both
due to the lack of confidence these actions cause and also due to the
additional supply issues it causes.

These actions are directly resulting in people dying who would otherwise
not die.

Simon.

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