From the Guardian, March 2020 - Brexit means coronavirus vaccine will be slower to reach the UK:
The UK faces having to wait longer and pay more to acquire a coronavirus vaccine because it has left the EU, health experts and international legal experts warn today.
In an article published today on the Guardian website, the academics and lawyers say Boris Johnson’s determination to “go it alone”, free of EU regulation, after Brexit means the UK will probably have to join other non-EU countries in a queue to acquire the vaccine after EU member states have had it, and on less-favourable terms.
From the Guardian, July 2020 - UK plan to shun EU vaccine scheme ‘unforgivable’, say critics:
The UK’s decision not to join an EU plan to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine to its most vulnerable citizens has been described as “unforgivable” and condemned by health charities and opposition politicians.
Number of COVID-19 vaccination doses administered in Europe as of January 14, 2021, by country (per 100 population):
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It would be nice if some journalist went back to the Guardian “experts” and asked them to explain themselves.
Nice but regrettably unlikely to happen.
Posted by: Nick Tiratsoo | January 17, 2021 at 12:29 PM