So what are people's thoughts on the proposed Vaccine export ban that will be voted for tomorrow? Read the full post please.
Specifically the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Here's the thing. The UK gets all of its doses from the Oxford and Keele plants in the UK. AstraZeneca also has plants In Sweden manufacturing it and are soon to bring online a 3rd party to manufacture it in the Netherlands.
There has been a very slow take up of a vaccine in the EU, they just don't trust it, whereas it's a pretty high take up in the UK. What's more, there are millions of doses being left to waste in the EU. Overall 55% according to polls do not want the AstraZeneca vaccine because of scaremongering about blood clots.
On the other hand, they want the Pfizer vaccine that is manufactured in Belgium (Canterbury will soon come online) - the UK has a simple countermeasure to the EU. The Lipids that are required to coat the Pfizer vaccine are manufactured in the UK. The UK could play as big a hard ball and tell the EU if you ban vaccine exports which your people don't want. We'll ban exports of the thing that makes the Pfizer vaccine work.
It's all political bullshit. Macro has to appear strong because he's up for re-election. And Merkel is a tired politician who wants to quit. It's all about Brexit and not for what would be the greater good.
Don't we have the power now to put tariffs in German cars and French produce?
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