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Coronavirus: Regulator rejects Matt Hancock’s claim that UK got vaccine first because of Brexit
German ambassador says vaccine approval is ‘not a national story’
Britain’s medicines regulator has contradicted claims by health secretary Matt Hancock that the UK got the first coronavirus vaccine faster because of Brexit.
Speaking shortly after the announcement that the Pfizer/BioNTec jab had been cleared for use by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Mr Hancock said that the authorisation process was faster than in the EU because Britain was no longer a member.
But asked if this was the case, MHRA chief executive June Raine said the process was undertaken under the terms of European law, which remains in force until the completion of the Brexit transition at the end of 2020.
The discrepancy emerged as Germany’s ambassador to the UK hit out at ministers’ claims that authorisation of the vaccine developed by a German company was a win for Britain.
“Why is it so difficult to recognise this important step forward as a great international effort and success?” tweeted Andreas Michaelis. “I really don't think this is a national story. In spite of the German company BioNTech having made a crucial contribution, this is European and transatlantic.” ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po...t-b1765005.html
Why the UK beat the EU to approving a Covid-19 vaccine
UK regulators have become the first in the Western world to authorise a coronavirus vaccine, but the head-start may make little difference.
... Yet under EU law, national agencies within Europe are permitted to make emergency authorisations similar to that issued by the MHRA in the UK; EU member states have simply chosen not to, so far. In part, this is a function of the EU’s decision to conduct negotiations for the purchase of vaccine doses with pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, as a single bloc. Given that the EU is obtaining vaccines as one unit, a unified policy on approval across member states is the most rational approach. (The UK has opted out of the EU’s joint procurement scheme.) ...
... The UK's earlier approval of a vaccine may not end up making much difference to its overall roll-out. Pfizer has cautioned that the 40 million doses the UK ordered will be delivered “in stages, to ensure an equitable allocation of vaccines across the geographies with executed contracts”. The company does not expect to fulfil its contract with the UK until an unspecified time next year, by which time the vaccine will likely be approved by several more regulators.
A difference of a few weeks between approval by UK, EU and US regulators will, in the face of the vast challenge of manufacturing and administering hundreds of millions of doses, likely prove but a small detail in the long journey to full immunisation.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/he...ovid-19-vaccine
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Zitat von Maga-neu im Beitrag #4874Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #4867Vielleicht ruft das ja Nante auf den Plan. :-)Zitat von Maga-neu im Beitrag #4866
Der Historiker als Grundlagenforscher? Jedes historische Ereignis ist einzigartig. Daher ist es auch so schwierig, wenn nicht gar gänzlich unmöglich, aus der Geschichte zu lernen oder Geschichte zu "destillieren". Historia non docet. War etwa die Übertragung der pfälzischen Kurwürde auf den Bayernherzog Maximilian ein Fehler Kaiser Ferdinands II.? Unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Beendigung des Krieges sicher, aber was könnte man daraus für die Zukunft lernen? Keine Kurwürden mehr zu übertragen? Hinzu kommt, dass man bei einer solchen Betrachtung die subjektiven Interessen des Kaisers (Wunsch nach Beendigung der Verpfändung Oberösterreichs, Stärkung der katholischen Sache im Reich) außer Acht lässt? Eine "historia docet"-Haltung wäre ein Rückfall in die Zeit der römischen Antike, als die Geschichte primär als eine Ansammlung ruhmreicher (oder schändlicher) Taten galt, denen es nachzufolgen oder die es zu vermeiden galt.
Die Ironie ist, das "technisierte Geschichte" an Marxismus erinnert. ;)
Ich habe etwas besseres für Nante:
Der neue Klima-Tzar und die neue Biden-Press-Tante:
https://sputniknews.com/viral/2020120210...ia-as-bogeyman/
Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #4857Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #4855Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #4854
Heute sah man den ersten Beweis, dass es ohne EU unbürokratischer geht.
Symbolpolitik.
Sagt auch der, der übermorgen schon geimpft wird?
Hadassah research head raises questions about mRNA vaccine safety
Prof. Yossi Karko, director of the clinical research unit at Hadassah-University Medical Center, has warned that the data published by Moderna and Pfizer about their coronavirus vaccine candidates is limited.
Both companies have applied for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration for their vaccines but Karko, who has been overseeing the clinical trial of Israel’s vaccine at Hadassah, said that “while they seem to be very efficient vaccines, we have to remember that this data has shortcomings.”
First, he told The Jerusalem Post, the data only tracks volunteers for one month following vaccination. While he said that “it really protects subjects quite well now,” questions remain about what happens next month and the month after.
Second, Karko noted that the safety data is “very short” – only spanning the period of about two months from inoculation.
“The FDA has a mechanism of approving drugs and vaccines for emergency cases. What this means, is that the FDA has initial safety data. But if this was a usual situation, the researchers would have followed the volunteers for at least two years before the vaccine was approved,” he said.
“We need to know these reservations,” Karko said. “These things are new. There are concerns and we have to be very careful.”
https://www.jpost.com/health-science/had...e-safety-650803
Zitat von mbockstette im Beitrag #4880Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #4857Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #4855Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #4854
Heute sah man den ersten Beweis, dass es ohne EU unbürokratischer geht.
Symbolpolitik.
Sagt auch der, der übermorgen schon geimpft wird?
Hadassah research head raises questions about mRNA vaccine safety
Prof. Yossi Karko, director of the clinical research unit at Hadassah-University Medical Center, has warned that the data published by Moderna and Pfizer about their coronavirus vaccine candidates is limited.
Both companies have applied for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration for their vaccines but Karko, who has been overseeing the clinical trial of Israel’s vaccine at Hadassah, said that “while they seem to be very efficient vaccines, we have to remember that this data has shortcomings.”
First, he told The Jerusalem Post, the data only tracks volunteers for one month following vaccination. While he said that “it really protects subjects quite well now,” questions remain about what happens next month and the month after.
Second, Karko noted that the safety data is “very short” – only spanning the period of about two months from inoculation.
“The FDA has a mechanism of approving drugs and vaccines for emergency cases. What this means, is that the FDA has initial safety data. But if this was a usual situation, the researchers would have followed the volunteers for at least two years before the vaccine was approved,” he said.
“We need to know these reservations,” Karko said. “These things are new. There are concerns and we have to be very careful.”
https://www.jpost.com/health-science/had...e-safety-650803
Incomplete data stalls Swiss authorisation of Covid-19 vaccines
Switzerland’s medical regulator Swissmedic says it lacks the necessary information to sign off on three different coronavirus vaccines ordered by the government.
The regulator said important data on safety, efficacy and quality are still missing. It has reached out to the manufacturers, who provided data from their studies.
“We lack data on the effectiveness of the clinical trials and on the important subgroups that participated in these large studies,” said Claus Bolte, head of the authorisation division at Swissmedic, at a press briefing on Tuesday organised by the Federal Office of Public Health.
For example, Swissmedic wants to know about the pre-existing illnesses of the people who took part in these studies. According to the regulator, acceptance of such rapidly developed vaccines requires a high degree of trust in manufacturers and approving authorities. It is therefore important to examine very closely the effects on different groups of people. ...
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/incomplete-...of2Uab8.twitter
Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #4855Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #4854
Heute sah man den ersten Beweis, dass es ohne EU unbürokratischer geht.
Symbolpolitik.
Es ist der Nutzen der Schlagkräftigkeit einer kleineren Einheit - gegenüber einem Verwaltungsmoloch.
Und es geht um exakt den gleichen Impfstoff, den auch die EU irgendwann zulassen wird.
Zitat von Hans Bergman im Beitrag #4882Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #4855Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #4854
Heute sah man den ersten Beweis, dass es ohne EU unbürokratischer geht.
Symbolpolitik.
Es ist der Nutzen der Schlagkräftigkeit einer kleineren Einheit - gegenüber einem Verwaltungsmoloch.
Und es geht um exakt den gleichen Impfstoff, den auch die EU irgendwann zulassen wird.
Die kleine Einheit hat die ordentliche Prüfung ausgesetzt. Ob dass bei einer relativ einer grossen Impfskepsis so eine gute Idee ist? Die Impfung muss ja auch angenommen werden.
Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #4883Zitat von Hans Bergman im Beitrag #4882Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #4855Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #4854
Heute sah man den ersten Beweis, dass es ohne EU unbürokratischer geht.
Symbolpolitik.
Es ist der Nutzen der Schlagkräftigkeit einer kleineren Einheit - gegenüber einem Verwaltungsmoloch.
Und es geht um exakt den gleichen Impfstoff, den auch die EU irgendwann zulassen wird.
Die kleine Einheit hat die ordentliche Prüfung ausgesetzt. Ob dass bei einer relativ einer grossen Impfskepsis so eine gute Idee ist? Die Impfung muss ja auch angenommen werden.
Kein gutes Argument: Auch der Moloch reagiert ähnlich - nur eben schwerfälliger.
Brüssel – Die Europäische Union (EU) setzt befristet Auflagen aus, um die Forschung gegen SARS-CoV-2 zu beschleunigen.
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/1...efung-entfaellt
Es handelt sich um den gleichen Impfstoff, den die EU bestellt hat. Aber eben erst später. Und wer zuerst kommt, der impft zuerst.
Zitat von Hans Bergman im Beitrag #4884Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #4883Zitat von Hans Bergman im Beitrag #4882Zitat von Leto_II. im Beitrag #4855Zitat von nahal im Beitrag #4854
Heute sah man den ersten Beweis, dass es ohne EU unbürokratischer geht.
Symbolpolitik.
Es ist der Nutzen der Schlagkräftigkeit einer kleineren Einheit - gegenüber einem Verwaltungsmoloch.
Und es geht um exakt den gleichen Impfstoff, den auch die EU irgendwann zulassen wird.
Die kleine Einheit hat die ordentliche Prüfung ausgesetzt. Ob dass bei einer relativ einer grossen Impfskepsis so eine gute Idee ist? Die Impfung muss ja auch angenommen werden.
Kein gutes Argument. Es handelt sich um den gleichen Impfstoff, den die EU bestellt hat.
Das ist schon klar. Und? Es bleibt Notfallzulassung <> Ordentliche Prüfung. Was ist der Impfbereitschaft wohl eher zuträglich. Ich weiss nicht, wie die Impfbereitschaft im UK ist, Frankreich steht da vor einem Problem.
UK loses out to EU in trade with global markets ahead of Brexit
Value of German and Italian exports to China and US is rising just as Britain’s share is falling
The data contradict Brexiter optimism
Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, claimed during the Brexit campaign that after leaving the EU, the UK would enhance its trade relationship with “the most lucrative and fastest-growing markets in the world”.
However, the data show EU member states, particularly Germany, have managed not only to grab much larger market shares in key markets, but have also widened the gap over the course of this year.
Since the summer, China has been a rare bright spot for the global economy. It has been the source of demand for many exporters thanks to its success in largely containing coronavirus. However, the UK has not benefited as much as other European countries from this trend.
In the six months to October, the value of goods imported into China from the UK fell 18 per cent compared with the same period last year, while it rose 1.1 per cent for goods coming from Germany and by more than 5 per cent for goods produced by Italian manufacturers.
China’s trading relationship with Germany already dwarfed that with the UK before the pandemic. Since 2014, Chinese imports from Germany have been constantly about 4 times higher than those from the UK. The chasm has grown — spiking to 5.4 times higher. To get a sense of the figures involved, over the six months to October, it imported $53bn-worth of goods from the eurozone’s economic powerhouse; it acquired less than $10bn of merchandise from the UK.
With Italy, we’ve seen a complete about-turn over the course of this year. In the six months to October, China imported 18 per cent more from Italy than from the UK — reversing the figure from last year when it imported 9 per cent more from Britain than Italy.
The UK’s underperformance might well reflect temporary factors, such as imports of pandemic-related goods. This would certainly go some way to explaining why, after a period during which Chinese imports of goods originating from the UK grew at a similar pace as those from other countries, we are now seeing such divergence.
In the six months to September, the US imported about $23bn of goods from the UK, less than half the $52bn imported from Germany. It was also 29 per cent below what the US imported from the UK for the same period last year. While that is not surprising in and of itself, the UK-US figures represent a much faster contraction than for Germany and for Italy. It is a similar drop as the one recorded for France.
That lost market share will only exacerbate concerns for the future of the US-UK trade relationship. President-elect Joe Biden has already spoken out over Brexit, warning Johnson not to upend the Northern Ireland peace process.
It’s the same picture elsewhere. South Korea’s imports from Germany rose 5.7 per cent in the six months to October, compared with the same period last year, but imports from the UK fell 13 per cent. From April to September, Indian imports from Germany and Italy have fallen much less than those from the UK. In value terms, both of these emerging markets import double the value from Germany, compared with the UK. French exporters have also lagged behind their German and Italian counterparts, but they tended to outperform the British.
It is not as though industry in the UK is blind to this. According to the latest survey from the European Commission, the net share of UK manufacturers reporting improved competitive positions in both EU and extra-EU markets dropped to a multiyear low in November and fell to far worse levels than for EU companies. ...
https://www.ft.com/content/869f7e0b-aa56...e3-a02aba08005b
Hab heute meinen Spezl bei Aldi getroffen. Hernach ist mir wieder eingefallen, dass der Kerl mit 22 einen Mustang und eine S-Klasse fuhr. Wie hat er das gemacht?
Er hat Medikamente, die im UK etwa nur halb soviel oder nur ein Drittel kosteten nach Deutschland importiert. Ein gutes Geschäft. Als UK dann Mitglied in der EU war, da war es vorbei mit dem Preisgefälle und damit mit diesem Geschäft.
Ab da waren die Medikamente in Deutschland genau so günstig wie im UK. :-))))
(Man wird doch wohl noch einen Scherz machen dürfen! Sie waren im UK dann natürlich genau so teuer wie vorher in Deutschland.)
The usual dimwit band of Brexiteers will be as wrong on Brexit as they have been on coronavirus – but it will all be too late
All of our main Brexit characters, by whose word we all are bound, have been given this extraordinary chance to prove their utter stupidity and towering wrongness on another subject altogether
... We still wait and see whether Boris Johnson, for example, is right that we will “prosper mightily”, whatever happens. But in the meantime we must watch him bragging about going into hospitals and shaking hands with coronavirus patients. (A brag that his spokesperson quickly had to make clear wasn’t true. “Don’t panic, it’s just the prime minister lying,” really does count as a defence these days.)
We are told that coronavirus will be “sent packing” in 12 weeks, that the test and trace system will be “world beating”, and all the while we just wait for the sunlit uplands of Brexit to arrive.
Four and a half years ago, those of us who lived with our noses pressed against the glass of the EU referendum had to listen to Daniel Hannan making demonstrably absurd claims, no better than facile sixth form debating points, about how the EU had the “slowest growth of any continent except Antarctica”, and that we would therefore be better off leaving it.
The fastest-growing economies in the world are currently South Sudan, Rwanda, Libya, Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Armenia and Nepal. On Hannan’s logic, it would be in the UK’s economic interest to be in a free trade bloc with these countries, instead of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and the rest. Complete garbage, obviously. Too late now. ...
... A mere two years ago, Mr Rees-Mogg held a press conference in which he explained that no deal Brexit would be worth “£1.1trn” to the UK economy. He was laughed at then, it was so palpably absurd. But it’s too late now. ...
A poll last week showed the public now thinks Brexit was a bad idea, by 51 per cent to 38, and this is before it has even happened in earnest. Polls are only polls, but that is a very large margin. Who knows what has prompted so many people to change their mind?
It’s too late, of course. You can’t really change your mind. Got to go through with it now. The welder’s torch is lit.
Still, it may well be that the psychological torture is worse than the physical. At some point, and fairly soon, the usual suspects will be made to look even more stupid than they already do. ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/cor...obox=1606500927
RS Archer@archer_rs
Conversation yesterday with an old school friend now working at the Foreign Office. He said the UK rejoining the EU was an inevitability, everyone in government accepts that but it would probably take around fifteen years and the UK will have to make many compromises.
He said the first step will be rejoining the Customs Union. This is likely to be within the life of the 2025 Parliament and will be followed by the UK accepting EU rules for the single Market - the "Norway option". the excuse will be "pressure from business and industry"
It will require the UK accepting the Euro but many are confident this can be 'sold' to the public as a benefit. Now that the mainstream media is no longer as influential as it once was the task is not as difficult as it might once have been.
The key to influencing opinion it seems is not another binary referendum or set date for rejoining more a gradual reintegration in line with the UK demographics changing as the old Brexiters die off.
I asked about possible Scottish Independence but surprisingly nobody regards that as in any way likely. As he said,
"We are not stupid enough to give them another referendum"
3:30 AM · Dec 2, 2020
Zitat von Willie im Beitrag #4889
RS Archer@archer_rs
Conversation yesterday with an old school friend now working at the Foreign Office. He said the UK rejoining the EU was an inevitability, everyone in government accepts that but it would probably take around fifteen years and the UK will have to make many compromises.
He said the first step will be rejoining the Customs Union. This is likely to be within the life of the 2025 Parliament and will be followed by the UK accepting EU rules for the single Market - the "Norway option". the excuse will be "pressure from business and industry"
It will require the UK accepting the Euro but many are confident this can be 'sold' to the public as a benefit. Now that the mainstream media is no longer as influential as it once was the task is not as difficult as it might once have been.
The key to influencing opinion it seems is not another binary referendum or set date for rejoining more a gradual reintegration in line with the UK demographics changing as the old Brexiters die off.
I asked about possible Scottish Independence but surprisingly nobody regards that as in any way likely. As he said,
"We are not stupid enough to give them another referendum"
3:30 AM · Dec 2, 2020
War der "old school fried now working at the Foreign Office" Sir Humphrey?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvYuoWyk8iU
UK wäre das einzige Land, das eine "norwegische Option" verfolgt, aber dennoch den Euro bekommt - obwohl es Staaten IN der EU gibt, die ihn nicht haben. btw, mainstream media, vor allem die BBC, waren pro EU.
"You know what they say about the average Common Market official. He has the organising ability of the Italians, the flexibility of the Germans, and the modesty of the French. And that's topped up by the imagination of the Belgians, the generosity of the Dutch and the intelligence of the Irish." Jim Hacker
Brexit latest: UK should brace itself for months of food shortages from 1 January, delivery experts say
According to the boss of Europe’s largest haulage trade body, the UK is looking at a ‘nightmare scenario’ that will lead to ‘weeks, if not months’ of shortages
The UK should brace itself for months of food shortages from 1 January as strict European rules are enforced and the prospect of long delays at the customs border scare off truck drivers from even attempting to deliver goods across the Channel, experts on both sides of the channel have claimed.
According to the boss of Europe’s largest haulage trade body, the UK is looking at a “nightmare scenario” that will lead to “weeks, if not months” of food shortages after the Brexit transition period comes to an end in just four weeks.
The UK’s leading haulage organisation has also criticised the Government’s preparations, claiming truck companies are unable to plan for the new rules “because we’ve not been told what the rules are”.
Delays at customs as well as the reluctance from EU-based haulage firms to get stuck in costly queues in and around UK ports will, claim the experts, lead to a shortage of many shoppers’ favourite products including pasta, cheese, meat and wine.
Prices of everyday food and drink items are also expected to increase due to the shortages and the additional costs incurred by delivery companies entering the UK. ...
EU drivers will not come to UK to avoid costly queues
Duncan Buchanan, policy director for England and Wales at the UK’s Road Haulage Association, confirmed many EU truck drivers were refusing take on the queues in Dover and other UK ports.
“This will be more disruptive to supply chains than Covid has been,” said Mr Buchanan. “EU hauliers are refusing to travel to the UK from 1 January, and they’re asking our drivers to take up the slack.”
https://inews.co.uk/news/brexit/brexit-l...delivery-782518
This is why it matters that ministers are still not being honest about the impact of Brexit
Upbeat messages about the opportunities Brexit will provide are not the way to persuade companies that they needed to invest significant time and effort in preparing for the new paperwork and bureaucracy that awaits them - and this lack of honesty from ministers risks doing real economic damage
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/busin...s-b1765094.html
France issues veto warning as Brexit trade deal talks drag on
Paris intervention comes as negotiators attempt to finalise an agreement by start of next week
France has warned that it will veto any trade deal between the EU and UK unless it meets its requirements as talks intensified in London to try to seal an agreement by the start of next week.
Negotiators are racing against the clock to finalise a deal before a European Council meeting in Brussels starting next Thursday and before British MPs hold a series of potentially inflammatory Brexit votes, starting on Monday.
Both sides remain hopeful a deal can be put in place over the weekend, but officials in London and Brussels dismissed a Reuters report citing an EU official speculating that an agreement was “imminent”.
Boris Johnson is facing a stand-off with a group of EU leaders, including French president Emmanuel Macron, who are trying to extract final concessions from the British prime minister.
As talks continued on Friday, Clement Beaune, French European affairs minister, told Europe 1 radio: “If a good agreement cannot be reached, we will oppose it. Each country has a veto right.” ...
France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands are among those countries that have demanded to see the full text of any agreement before Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, announces there is a deal.
“We fear they are going to shove it down our throat,” said one EU diplomat. The European Commission is leading talks on behalf of the EU27 and some big exporters — notably Germany — are pushing hard for a trade deal. ...
https://www.ft.com/content/52b431ce-49d8...cf-58e9ae2c7b0e
Europhile #FBPE@LoveEU67
When Brexiters bleat (as is inevitably the case) about being bullied by the EU,
remind them that Johnson has always said he is quite happy to see a "no deal" outcome and it is logically impossible to be bullied into something you are content with.
2:03 PM · Dec 4, 2020
What the Brexiters promised the British people:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EoarLmCXEAAm...pg&name=900x900
Michel Barnier@MichelBarnier
After one week of intense negotiations in London, together with @DavidGHFrost,
we agreed today that the conditions for an agreement are not met, due to significant divergences on level playing field, governance and fisheries.
We agreed to pause the talks in order to brief our Principals on the state of play of the negotiations.
President @vonderleyen and Prime Minister Johnson will discuss the state of play tomorrow afternoon.
1:15 PM · Dec 4, 2020
Support for Brexit is collapsing as poll finds shrinking minority of British people still back leaving the EU
https://www.businessinsider.com/brexit-p...e-the-eu-2020-9
Ich bin mal gespannt was die Zahlen Ende Januar sein werden.
Food shortages loom as trade talks go down to the wire
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/food-shor...wn-to-the-wire/
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