AstraZeneca vaccine doesn't prevent B1351 Covid in early trial

Re:AstraZeneca vaccine doesn't prevent B1351 Covid in early ... by Uberphallus on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:37AM (#26487662)

> And that decision was taken by politicians keen to cover their ass, afraid of idiotic anti-vaxxers.

It's more of the EU playing "well, we didn't want it anyway" after getting the short end of the stick in AZ vaccine production (the EU has been a net exporter of AZ vaccine, but AZ deliveries are lagging behind significantly compared to UK).

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Re:AstraZeneca vaccine doesn't prevent B1351 Covid in early ... by youngtaff on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @03:42AM (#26487685)

They didn't get the short stick.

EU deliveries of the AZ vaccine are behind the UK ones because they started production at least 3 months later and it takes time to debug pharmaceutical plants for new drugs.

Even in the UK the production process is still inconsistent with fluctuating yields

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Re:AstraZeneca vaccine doesn't prevent B1351 Covid in early ... by planetree on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @04:51AM (#26488141)

UK got many of its initial doses from plants in the EU (Netherlands and Belgium).

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Re:AstraZeneca vaccine doesn't prevent B1351 Covid in early ... by FranzFerdiNaN on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @04:01AM (#26487797)

One of the production places in the EU mentioned in the EU contract still isnt up and running because AZ has refused to file the proper paperwork to be able to use it. Its insane.

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Re:AstraZeneca vaccine doesn't prevent B1351 Covid in early ... by youngtaff on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @05:21AM (#26488452)

Is that Halix in NL - https://www.politico.eu/article/breton-no-astrazeneca-jabs-e...

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