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Fantastic news from the UK!
The coronavirus vaccine designed by scientists at the University of Oxford has been just been approved for use in the UK. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55280671
The coronavirus vaccine designed by scientists at the University of Oxford has been just been approved for use in the UK. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55280671
What’s great about this vaccine:
• it is stable at refrigerator temperatures
• the world has produced many million doses already and can scale up more
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03326-w
• it is stable at refrigerator temperatures
• the world has produced many million doses already and can scale up more
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03326-w
• And the Oxford vaccine is very, very cheap.
(Given how valuable they are all vaccines are very cheap, but $3-$4 is incredibly cheap really.)
[source https://www.vox.com/21590994/oxford-vaccine-results-covid-19-astrazeneca-trial-pfizer-moderna]
![• And the Oxford vaccine is very, very cheap.(Given how valuable they are all vaccines are very cheap, but $3-$4 is incredibly cheap really.)[source https://www.vox.com/21590994/oxford-vaccine-results-covid-19-astrazeneca-trial-pfizer-moderna]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqeBbDvXMAQQJC7.jpg "• And the Oxford vaccine is very, very cheap.(Given how valuable they are all vaccines are very cheap, but $3-$4 is incredibly cheap really.)[source https://www.vox.com/21590994/oxford-vaccine-results-covid-19-astrazeneca-trial-pfizer-moderna]")
(Given how valuable they are all vaccines are very cheap, but $3-$4 is incredibly cheap really.)
[source https://www.vox.com/21590994/oxford-vaccine-results-covid-19-astrazeneca-trial-pfizer-moderna]
The UK also made the big (and I think good) decision to give only one dose first.
→ Source https://www.gov.uk/government/news/oxford-universityastrazeneca-vaccine-authorised-by-uk-medicines-regulator
→ Source https://www.gov.uk/government/news/oxford-universityastrazeneca-vaccine-authorised-by-uk-medicines-regulator
Regarding production capacity the most recent statement by AstraZeneca that I can find is this one from 23 November.
https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2020/azd1222hlr.html
They speak of "up to 3 billion doses of the vaccine in 2021” !
https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2020/azd1222hlr.html
They speak of "up to 3 billion doses of the vaccine in 2021” !
