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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-03-31, Andy Burns <usenet at andyburns.uk> wrote:
> Dave Froble wrote:
>
>> the EU decided that they should not have to wait in line, and since some 
>> vaccines were manufactured in the EU, they decided the vaccines belonged 
>> to the politicians running the EU, not the actual producers, and because 
>> they think they are in charge, can decide where the vaccines can go, 
>> regardless of the precedence of the orders from various customers.  Best 
>> part of that is at the time, the EU had NOT approved the vaccine(s) in 
>> question.
>
> All the time tens of millions of doses of AZ vaccine sit in warehouses 
> (in the EU), because the factory they were produced at (in the EU) 
> hasn't been approved (by the EU).

Are you thinking about the doses found in Italy ?

AZ have released a statement about that:

https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2021/statement-on-covid-19-vaccine-supply-at-anagni-plant-in-italy.html

Given that the EU seized the delivery for Australia, I really hope they
are not daft enough to seize the COVAX doses at that plant.

Simon.

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