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Les Medley
He's volunteered to do the testing.
He's volunteered to do the testing.
Absolutely appalling headline from the Guardian tomorrow about a row between Britain and the EU trying to stir up hate. The row is between the EU and a private company.
They should have brought the vaccines at an early stage like we did. Reading the translations of some of the European newspapers makes interesting reading.
But usually the pace of any legal challenge/court case is hardly going to fit in with the urgency of vaccine delivery.If the term "best efforts" is in the contract between AZ and the EU, then that is actually a very onerous obligation. It's being said as if it's a get-out from having to deliver whereas in fact it means the complete opposite. "Best efforts" in contract law* means you have to do pretty much everything and anything possible to meet your obligations, even if it's not in the best interests of your company (short of bankruptcy).
I review and negotiate contracts and if I see a best efforts obligation a line goes straight through it.
*It would depend on the law governing the contract as to how stringently it is interpreted should it come to court but nonetheless it is an obligation, not a get-out.
But usually the pace of any legal challenge/court case is hardly going to fit in with the urgency of vaccine delivery.
If we have secured decent supply and quantity of the AZ vaccine, can we not 'trade on' some of our other supplies to our EU friends (Pfizer etc).
With the ease of administering the AZ vac I can see the others falling out of favour quickly. But if the EU are scratching around, maybe they'd like to talk about a deal, for the Pfizer stuff.
I’d say all the front pages are pretty shameful today given that not one of them features as their main headline the announced deaths of 1700+ British citizens yesterday, most of which are due to government inaction and mismanagement.
I bet we'd still manage to end up on the worst end of the deal!
Seriously though if we do have surplus I'd like to see us take the Norway approach of giving it away to poorer countries.
I'm pretty split on that tbh - the information is covered by media sources and talk shows, but we are all feeling weary and anxiety is huge, I don't think it needs ramming down people's throats by being the first thing you see if go on BBC website or walk into Sainsbury's.I’d say all the front pages are pretty shameful today given that not one of them features as their main headline the announced deaths of 1700+ British citizens yesterday, most of which are due to government inaction and mismanagement.
It was inevitable that supply issue would occur and will increase throughout 2021 as the world needs supply.I know we ordered a boat load of the AZ one but I still think we are rumoured to expect our own supply issues. I don't think we have enough as it stands to keep going at the current rate for everyone. Some AZ spokesperson mentioned in a month or two they could expect production to ramp up but couldn't give any guarantees on continuous supply. Still though, We have done quite well to get this far, fingers crossed it continues.
And make the criticism constructiveThe government have been absolutely appalling and anyone who says otherwise and you will notice I have criticised them. But how about we give other people criticism when they deserve it, otherwise you end up becoming bipartisan and prejudiced. We need to criticise wherever the is wrong doing.
I've seen this Eric guys tweets on here. He has done alot of scare mongering and isn't always aligned to the real experts. Just a bit of a hype dingdonghead IMO
Reading between the lines of his interview, it sounded as if he suggested it's logistics that's the issue in the UKI know we ordered a boat load of the AZ one but I still think we are rumoured to expect our own supply issues. I don't think we have enough as it stands to keep going at the current rate for everyone. Some AZ spokesperson mentioned in a month or two they could expect production to ramp up but couldn't give any guarantees on continuous supply. Still though, We have done quite well to get this far, fingers crossed it continues.
And make the criticism constructive
So much for 3m a week, be lucky to do 1.5m
Not a chance in hell will they meet the mid-Feb target !!!
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