JoeyT Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellotr0n Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, zahidf said: Nah im fine with us keeping to our contract as paid for and getting out of lockdown asap. Why shoudl we pay for the EU's faffing around for 2 months last year? Absolutely this. The EU have fucked up massively here, and I can’t see why we should have to pay for their mistakes. Our vaccine supplies are completely irrelevant to their situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanr Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 hours ago, xxialac said: Australia is set even later at December 2021. I thought Brexit was sold to us as the same opportunities as Australia? 2 hours ago, steviewevie said: Kind of suprised they don't start mass vaccinations before winter arrives there (even though can't really call it winter I guess) December is the date they are predicted to achieve herd immunity. They have approved pfizer and are due to start vaccination in February. https://www.australia.gov.au/ I keep a close watch on developments in Australia as I hope to go there sometime this year. Alan australia-s-covid-19-vaccine-national-roll-out-strategy.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanoL Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 I wonder if there are some wires crossed here? The headlines are all "EU asks for UK's vaccines" but the detail is that they are saying they should have access to the vaccines being produced in the UK. That's a different thing. Just because the vaccines are being produced in the UK, doesn't mean they are "our" vaccines - they're AZ's vaccines and what they do with them is up to them. Given that some of our supply is currently coming from EU countries (though most is being made domestically) it's not unreasonable for the EU to source vaccine from UK factories at some point (I presume once the EU actually approves it, we'll no longer be importing it). That is, of course, dependent on there being excess from the UK factories once they fulfill our order. But what is reasonable is if AZ are ahead of where they promised to be in, say, March, in terms of providing the UK vaccine, those orders *should* go to EU countries, and shouldn't just be used to deliver us extras. Whereas it sounds like the EU have been told they have no access to any UK produced vaccine regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 I'm on the EU's side no matter what. Bollocks to brexit...etc. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toilet Duck Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 33 minutes ago, zahidf said: Nah im fine with us keeping to our contract as paid for and getting out of lockdown asap. Why shoudl we pay for the EU's faffing around for 2 months last year? Or maybe the more difficult logistics of organising procurement for 27 different countries rather than 1? The key point most seem to be missing is that while AZ have their HQ in the UK, they are a Swedish (EU) company too. The EU’s contract didn’t specify where they were to be supplied from (they could come from SII in India), it just specified how much they were supposed to supply. Of course we haven’t seen the contract and if there is a specific clause that states that EU supply will be from EU production only, then tough, the EU are stuck with it and should have negotiated a better contract, if not, then it’s entirely reasonable to put pressure on for the order to be fulfilled to “best effort”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, efcfanwirral said: A very strange one! Usually nothing in these situations but something to keep an eye on EU terrorism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxialac Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Will Just now, Toilet Duck said: Or maybe the more difficult logistics of organising procurement for 27 different countries rather than 1? The key point most seem to be missing is that while AZ have their HQ in the UK, they are a Swedish (EU) company too. The EU’s contract didn’t specify where they were to be supplied from (they could come from SII in India), it just specified how much they were supposed to supply. Of course we haven’t seen the contract and if there is a specific clause that states that EU supply will be from EU production only, then tough, the EU are stuck with it and should have negotiated a better contract, if not, then it’s entirely reasonable to put pressure on for the order to be fulfilled to “best effort”. Completely agree. In some ways all this speculating is pointless as the truth will out soon and then we can have a more informed discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Todays numbers .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozanne Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Toilet Duck said: Or maybe the more difficult logistics of organising procurement for 27 different countries rather than 1? The key point most seem to be missing is that while AZ have their HQ in the UK, they are a Swedish (EU) company too. The EU’s contract didn’t specify where they were to be supplied from (they could come from SII in India), it just specified how much they were supposed to supply. Of course we haven’t seen the contract and if there is a specific clause that states that EU supply will be from EU production only, then tough, the EU are stuck with it and should have negotiated a better contract, if not, then it’s entirely reasonable to put pressure on for the order to be fulfilled to “best effort”. I agree completely but technically it’s 4 countries here in the UK 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxialac Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said: Todays numbers .... So many lives... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, DeanoL said: The headlines are all "EU asks for UK's vaccines" but the detail is that they are saying they should have access to the vaccines being produced in the UK. That's a different thing. Just because the vaccines are being produced in the UK, doesn't mean they are "our" vaccines - they're AZ's vaccines and what they do with them is up to them. Technically, that may not be the case depending on the specific terms of the various contracts. The final stage manufacturing (which is the part that's a bottleneck) is not being handled by AZ but by Wockhardt, who are doing so under direct contract to the UK Government who committed to providing the manufacturing capacity. Part of the terms of that deal means that UK gets first call up to a certain point. There's a similar deal in place for the Novavax manufacturing when that comes around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozanne Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Vaccination update: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyT Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 25k positive tests compared to 38k on Wednesday of last week is definitely something to be pleased about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger123 Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 44 minutes ago, zahidf said: AZ said they signed the contract with UK first with certain commitments. If the EU has signed in June instead of taking till August... Anyway, i dont see why the EU are asking AZN to breach their contract with us But hey, its not approved yet. I guess AZN could withdraw their proposal from the EMA and supply us the overspill. Surely even if AZ agreed to send doses from the UK to the EU, I can't see the government letting them leave the country. I really can't see the Brexiteers rolling over and accepting that if the EU starts syphoning off our vaccine supplies. If the EU can introduce rules that they need to be alerted to any vaccine going to third countries, then I'm sure this pro-Brexit government would do a similar thing at the very least and would probably go further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, tigger123 said: Surely even if AZ agreed to send doses from the UK to the EU, I can't see the government letting them leave the country. I really can't see the Brexiteers rolling over and accepting that if the EU starts syphoning off our vaccine supplies. If the EU can introduce rules that they need to be alerted to any vaccine going to third countries, then I'm sure this pro-Brexit government would do a similar thing at the very least and would probably go further. but then we won't get the pfizer ones that work on old people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphoricape Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 If schools do actually reopen on March 8th, when should we expect pubs and restaurants to be back open? Couple of weeks after or more likely April/May. Trying to gauge when I'm back to work.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Just now, steviewevie said: but then we won't get the pfizer ones that work on old people. Or Janssen or Moderna.. It doesn't help anyone if any country starts playing that kind of game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozanne Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Just now, Euphoricape said: If schools do actually reopen on March 8th, when should we expect pubs and restaurants to be back open? Couple of weeks after or more likely April/May. Trying to gauge when I'm back to work.. I’d think a little while after, April at the earliest. They are going to go so slowly and rightfully so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxialac Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, tigger123 said: Surely even if AZ agreed to send doses from the UK to the EU, I can't see the government letting them leave the country. I really can't see the Brexiteers rolling over and accepting that if the EU starts syphoning off our vaccine supplies. If the EU can introduce rules that they need to be alerted to any vaccine going to third countries, then I'm sure this pro-Brexit government would do a similar thing at the very least and would probably go further. Why if goods are located in the factory of a particular country, does that automatically make it 'that country's supplies'? Who has the right to the goods is determined entirely by what is in the contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozanne Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, xxialac said: Why if goods are located in the factory of a particular country, does that automatically make it 'that country's supplies'? Who has the right to the goods is determined entirely by what is in the contract. Possession is nine tenths of the law? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewevie Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ozanne said: I’d think a little while after, April at the earliest. They are going to go so slowly and rightfully so. yeah, will be shops before pubs...maybe they will review every 2 or 3 weeks? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxialac Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 Just now, Ozanne said: Possession is nine tenths of the law? Sorry, von der Leyen but he who smelt it dealt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, steviewevie said: yeah, will be shops before pubs...maybe they will review every 2 or 3 weeks? I cant wait to get back to IKEA and Primark ..... which one should I q at first ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphoricape Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, steviewevie said: yeah, will be shops before pubs...maybe they will review every 2 or 3 weeks? Hoping to God theres no 'eat out to help out' bollocks this time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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