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1./ Vaccine supply and the SNP: a tale in 3 headlines. Remember when Jeanne Freeman was asked to remove sensitive information about shipments of vaccines to the UK? She did. It was a mistake and she apologised on the 16th January.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-in-scotland-jean-freeman-apologises-for-publishing-confidential-coronavirus-vaccine-plans-9vhglgv6h
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/covid-in-scotland-jean-freeman-apologises-for-publishing-confidential-coronavirus-vaccine-plans-9vhglgv6h
2./ A UK govt spokesman said "If other countries see how much we are getting they are likely to put pressure on the drug firms to give them some of our allocation." On the 19th January, Nicola Sturgeon dismissed that as the UK govt having a 'hissy fit'. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19022589.sturgeon-accuses-uk-government-hissy-fit-vaccine-supply/
3./ 7 days later the EU says it will monitor the exports of vaccines. It even threatens to restrict them. It wants carefully to collect the information the Scottish govt thought it was sensible to splash on the front pages. Now, who's having a hissy fit? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/covid-vaccine-eu-export-pfizer-astrazeneca-b1792570.html
4./ But don't worry if the EU does restrict exports and we have to rely more on domestic production of vaccines there are effectively three manufacturing facililties on the way. The biggest was planned in 2018 and is being fast-track built as we speak. https://www.vmicuk.com/
https://www.vmicuk.com/
5./ More and more of the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine is also being made in England and filled into the precious vials in Wales....a supply chain for an innovative and complex product that's been pulled together at short notice and record time. https://twitter.com/TwisterFilm/status/1346527310611177475?s=20
https://twitter.com/TwisterFilm/status/1346527310611177475?s=20
6./ The UK is also pouring money into a new French vaccine plant to be built here. We've ordered its vaccines, the EU is still talking about it. The plant is a mere 40 min drive from Holyrood. I wonder if Nicola even knows anything about it. https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/valneva-manufacturing-uk-government-covid19/
